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Review of A Casual Invocation

A Casual Invocation

Cunning Folk

Dharma Records

Rating: ★★★★

George Hoyle, aka Cunning Folk, is a folklorist, storyteller, folk artist, magical ritualist, a former member of Gay Dad, Circulus,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2020

Review of Joudour

Joudour

Majid Bekkas

Igloo Records

Rating: ★★★

Bekkas has been a Gnawa fusion artist for more than three decades, founding his Gnaoua Blues Band back in 1990,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2022

Review of El Coro de Mi Gente

El Coro de Mi Gente

Amparanoia

Top of the World

Calaverita Records

Rating: ★★★★

All the tracks of this album – Amparanoia's ninth – feature a big-name guest from the Hispanic music world, including...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2018

Review of Sababa 5

Sababa 5

Sababa 5

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★

Tel Aviv's Sababa 5 are a quintet of hard-working musos who have loaned their talents to a boatload of Israeli...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2023

Review of Medicine Man Orchestra

Medicine Man Orchestra

Medicine Man Orchestra

Aribo Productions

Rating: ★★★

An unlikely sonic collision, Medicine Man Orchestra brings together the divergent universes of electronic sound design (Alissa Syllah), West African...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2021

Review of Nomadic Spirit

Nomadic Spirit

La Caravane Passe

At(h)ome

Rating: ★★★

For two decades, and across five albums, La Caravane Passe (The Caravan Passes) has delivered a music steeped in Balkan...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2020

Review of Saraba Sufiyana

Saraba Sufiyana

Rafiki Jazz

Konimusic

Rating: ★★★

Rafiki Jazz, the global band who bring together all manner of musicians so to demonstrate that music knows no borders,...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Otherlands:ONE

Otherlands:ONE

Casey Driessen

Red Shoe Records

Rating: ★★★★

American fiddler Casey Driessen spent nine months travelling the world, meeting, listening and playing with local musicians until COVID-19 eventually...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2021

Review of Entre l’Érable et le Cocotier

Entre l’Érable et le Cocotier

Pascale LeBlanc

Pascale LeBlanc

Rating: ★★★

Although born in Montréal, singer and multi-instrumentalist Pascale LeBlanc grew up in Haiti, her mother’s homeland. Her songs reflect much...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Three Bells

Three Bells

Jerry Douglas, Mike Auldridge & Rob Ickes

Top of the World

Rounder Records

Rating: ★★★★

Take three of the greatest dobro players on the planet, toss them together in a studio with a playlist that...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2014

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