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Review of Pastourelle

Pastourelle

Daniel Bellegarde

Quartier Général

Rating: ★★★

Montréal percussionist Daniel Bellegarde’s second solo album continues his fascination with the music of Haiti and the French West Indies,...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2022

Review of Where We Are

Where We Are

No Go Stop

No Go Stop

Rating: ★★

This second album by Bristolian Afrobeat specialists No Go Stop benefits from a powerful production, the 12-piece band tightly arranged...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2022

Review of The Rough Guide to Flamenco Guitar

The Rough Guide to Flamenco Guitar

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

Since its genesis in the 18th century, the flamenco guitar has changed little. Its use, however, has shifted from being...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Bali 1928 – Anthology: The First Recordings

Bali 1928 – Anthology: The First Recordings

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Arbiter

Rating: ★★★★

If I told you this disc was recorded yesterday, you’d think it was the most cutting-edge thing you’d heard all...

Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: May/2016

Review of Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Death & Leisure VINYL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★

This record comes in the wake of a historic tour in which the Tibetan monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery...

Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: April/2019

Review of Swimmings of the Head

Swimmings of the Head

Kate in the Kettle

Kate in the Kettle

Rating: ★★★★

Scottish fiddler, composer and singer Kate Young plays in two English folk ensembles: vocal and fiddle quartet Carthy, Hardy, Farrell...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2015

Review of The Antiquated &The Arcane

The Antiquated &The Arcane

3 Daft Monkeys

3DM Records

Rating: ★

Certain things give the roots revival and environmental con-sciousness a bad name. Those New Age shops full of joss sticks,...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2011

Review of ZETS!

ZETS!

YID!

YID!

Rating: ★★★

If the idea of a Yiddish language album seems a little old worldy, you probably haven't yet heard ZETS!. This...

Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: March/2023

Review of Pools of Light

Pools of Light

Jessica Moss

Constellation Records

Rating: ★★★

It's immediately apparent that Jessica Moss, former violinist of art-rock indie band Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra, knows her...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2017

Review of Tribalistas II

Tribalistas II

Tribalistas

Phonomotor DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★★

One uses the term ‘supergroup’ with caution, but Tribalistas unite three giants of MPB, (Música Popular Brasileira). The golden-voiced Marisa...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

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