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Review of The Rough Guide to Bollywood Disco

The Rough Guide to Bollywood Disco

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

The vintage Bollywood soundtrack era is more often presented in the context of funk than disco, but there's no argument...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2015

Review of Wired and Layered

Wired and Layered

Sinan Cem Eroğlu

Ahenk Müzik

Rating: ★★★

Sinan Cem Eroğlu is considered somewhat of a veteran – despite only being in his 30s – with several albums...

Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: May/2020

Review of Painted Sands

Painted Sands

Karavan Sarai

Electrofone Music

Rating: ★★★★

You can almost taste the spices and smell the sweat of the Silk Road, the kicked-up dirt from millions of...

Reviewed by Leander Hobbs in issue: July/2018

Review of Okan Project

Okan Project

Omer Kringel

Omer Kringel

Rating: ★

Israeli keyboardist Omer Kringel took his recording equipment on the road for five weeks, from Spain to South America, Angola...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Wganda Kenya

Wganda Kenya

Wganda Kenya

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

Wganda Kenya were a studio group of Colombian musicians created to offer a homegrown alternative to the increasingly-popular African and...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2022

Review of Samba Carioca

Samba Carioca

Vinicius Cantuaria

Naïve WN145181

Rating: ★★★

Vinicius Cantuaria has been producing finely crafted, softly sung, smoky bossa nova records since he left Brazil for New York...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2010

Review of Remain in Light

Remain in Light

Angélique Kidjo

Top of the World

Kravenworks

Rating: ★★★★★

When Angélique Kidjo performed Talking Heads’ landmark 1980 album Remain in Light in its entirety onstage at Carnegie Hall last...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2018

Review of To Those of Earth… And Other Worlds

To Those of Earth… And Other Worlds

Sun Ra and His Arkestra

Strut Records 2 CDs

Rating: ★★★★

Sun Ra was one of the most prolific musicians of all time, releasing over 100 LPs under a plethora of...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Never More Together

Never More Together

Oliver Swain's Big Machine

Oliver Swain

Rating: ★★★

Oliver Swain is clearly a very talented chap. Not only does he play double-bass, banjo and guitar extremely well, but...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2016

Review of The Treasure Dub Albums Collection

The Treasure Dub Albums Collection

Errol Brown & The Supersonics

Cherry Red Records

Rating: ★★★★

When the gun-slinging ex-cop Duke Reid passed on in 1975, rival producer Sonia Pottinger acquired his legendary Treasure Isle studio...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

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