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Review of Ta Ki Dum

Ta Ki Dum

Ta Ki Dum

Ahenk

Rating: ★★★

Ta, ki and dum are three bol (mnemonic syllables) taken from the Indian technique of speaking rhythms that define the...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2018

Review of Vaivaik

Vaivaik

Sauljaljui

Wind Music Taiwan

Rating: ★★★★

From Taiwan, Sauljaljui is one of the island’s strongest vocalists, hailing from the aboriginal Paiwan people. She performed an impressive...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2025

Review of Addis Through the Looking Glass

Addis Through the Looking Glass

Dub Colossus

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Given that Dub Colossus's debut, A Town Called Addis, was one of the best albums of 2008 and that this...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2011

Review of Antologia, Vol 1

Antologia, Vol 1

África Negra

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

When it comes to vintage dance music from the tiny Atlantic African islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, it would...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2022

Review of Songs by Geirr Tveitt

Songs by Geirr Tveitt

Slagr & Camilla Granlien

Ozella Music

Rating: ★★★★

This music is fragile, meditative and delicate, with soundscapes leading us into secret, intimate places. The names on the album...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Sins We Made

Sins We Made

Harrow Fair

Roaring Girl Records

Rating: ★★★★

The second outing from Canadian duo Harrow Fair – Miranda Mulholland (from Great Lake Swimmers) and Andrew Penner (musician and...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Raiz

Raiz

Joyce

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Raiz (Roots) is an appropriate title, in the context of Joyce Moreno's long and distinguished career. A true landmark recording,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2015

Review of Soweto

Soweto

Robson Banda and the New Black Eagles

Nyami Nyami Records

Rating: ★★★★

Robson Banda started his career as a member of Thomas Mapfumo’s first group Acid Band. In Zimbabwe the chimurenga music...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Tombouctou

Tombouctou

Al Bilali Soudan

Clermont Music

Rating: ★★★

If you Like your desert blues raw and unmediated and think Tinariwen are over-produced, then AL Bilali Soudan is for...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020

Review of Artybonito

Artybonito

Azueï

Azueï

Rating: ★★★★

The Azueï Movement is a collective of artists spanning the shared island of Hispaniola, home to Haïti and the Dominican...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2022

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