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Review of 80 Anos

80 Anos

Orquestra Afro-Brasileira

Top of the World

Day Dreamer

Rating: ★★★★

It’s not every day you get semi-legendary Beastie Boys producer/collaborator Mario Caldato Jr digging up a long-lost Afro-Brazilian ensemble from...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Transe de Papier

Transe de Papier

Lo'Jo

Top of the World

Yotanka

Rating: ★★★★★

Welcome to a world of poetry nourished by multiple musical influences from various remote corners of the planet. The latest...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: January/2021

Review of Beginner’s Guide to Cumbia

Beginner’s Guide to Cumbia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nascente

Rating: ★★★★

Cumbia is one o f Colombia’s greatest exports, spreading like wildfire throughout the Americas from the 1960s onwards. Back in...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2011

Review of Viene de Mi

Viene de Mi

La Yegros

Top of the World

ZZK Records

Rating: ★★★★

If you thought Argentinian music was all just about tango, then how very wrong you were. Cumbia, Latin America's dance...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of PUNKU

PUNKU

PUNKU

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the last 12(ish) years Latin American folktronica has moved on from DJs syncing their beats to a cumbia rhythm,...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2022

Review of Norwegian Oud

Norwegian Oud

Yinon Muallem | Yinon Muallem & Guy Mintus

Top of the World

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★

Conceived and recorded throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Norwegian Oud is the latest album from oud player, percussionist, and composer Yinon...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2021

Review of Stepping It Out Again!

Stepping It Out Again!

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Veteran Records

Rating: ★★★★

Taken from recordings made by song collector and field-recorder John Howson between 1975 and 2000, this set of 24 songs...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Folk Tale

Folk Tale

Christy Moore

Columbia

Rating: ★★★★

Now in his mid 60s, the iconic Irish folk trou¬badour still packs a punch, if this latest offering is anything...

Reviewed by Gerry Quinn in issue: March/2012

Review of Vem Rei

Vem Rei

Vitto Meirelles

10H10 Records

Rating: ★★★

Rio singer-songwriter Vitto Meirelles’ latest album contains a somewhat unlikely tribute to Michael Jackson in the shape of its title-track,...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: August/2017

Review of Atma (The Soul)

Atma (The Soul)

Roopa Panesar

Asian Arts Agency

Rating: ★★★★

UK-based sitar player Roopa Panesar's latest album, Atma (meaning soul) is said to be ‘theperfect album for a troubled world.’...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: June/2023

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