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Review of Nordic Raga

Nordic Raga

Jyotsna Srikanth, Mats Edén, Dan Svensson & Pär Moberg

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

The fiddle traditions of Sweden and southern India are both long established but are as far apart, musically and...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: May/2018

Review of Sleeping Giants

Sleeping Giants

Unfurl

Unfurl

Rating: ★★★★

Formed by violinist/bandleader Olivia Moore, Unfurl is a Manchester-based collective that draws upon contemporary jazz and Indian classical music, partially...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2022

Review of Guitars From Agadez Vol 3

Guitars From Agadez Vol 3

Group Inerane

Sublime Frequencies

Rating: ★★

When Tinariwen stormed the citadel of the mainstream music industry, a wave of guitar-toting Touaregs followed in their wake, picking...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: March/2012

Review of Tango Roto Live

Tango Roto Live

Johanna Juhola & Reaktori

JJ

Rating: ★★★★

Johanna Juhola has earned herself a reputation as one of the finest Finnish accordionists to emerge in recent years: a...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of Iram

Iram

Cimbaliband

Fonó

Rating: ★★★

Appropriately enough this disc begins with the gently rippling sound of the cimbalom before taking of into the catchy opening...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2019

Review of Curao

Curao

Quantic & Nidia Góngora

Top of the World

Tru Thoughts

Rating: ★★★★

Quantic has been working with Nidia Góngora since 2011. The Colombian singer and Grupo Canalón de Timbiqui bandleader has popped...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2017

Review of Calypsos, Boogies, Rockers, Ballads & Bluebeat: The Rise of Black Music in Britain

Calypsos, Boogies, Rockers, Ballads & Bluebeat: The Rise of Black Music in Britain

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Rock History

Rating: ★★

There has been a surge of interest over recent years in the roots of black music in Britain. The London...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Amalgam

Amalgam

Amjad, Amaan & Ayaan Ali Khan & Elmira Darvarova

Affetto Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Ever since Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin recorded the violin and sitar duos of West Meets East in the 1960s,...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Libertad (Freedom)

Libertad (Freedom)

Yasmin Levy

World Village

Rating: ★★★

When I first heard her debut album, La Juderia, seven years ago, I was convinced that Yasmin Levy had the...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Wild Wild East

Wild Wild East

Sunny Jain

Top of the World

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

Born in New York in 1975 to Punjabi immigrants, Jain has become a leading figure in North America's burgeoning Asian...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020

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