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Review of From Dust to Light

From Dust to Light

Ariana Tikao

Ode Records

Rating: ★★★★

Four years on from her last ethereal album Tuia, New Zealand singer Ariana Tikao’s latest batch of Original songs is...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of The Road to Damascus

The Road to Damascus

Syriana

Top of the World

Real World CDRW176

Rating: ★★★★

Followers of Nick Page, former frontman of Transglobal Underground and serial musical collaborator, might be surprised by his latest project....

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: October/2010

Review of Otros Aires Presents Balkan Airs

Otros Aires Presents Balkan Airs

Balkan Airs

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★

Balkan Airs is the latest project from Buenos Aires' nu tango outfit Otros Aires, and it just might disappoint some...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Turquoise

Turquoise

Mohammad Reza Ebrahimi

PHM Records

Rating: ★★★★

Mohammed Reza Ebrahimi is a virtuoso of the oud and Persian tar, and an instructor at the Music Conservatory of...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: January/2021

Review of Excavated Shellac: Voices

Excavated Shellac: Voices

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Dust-to-Digital

Rating: ★★★★★

The globe is completely open for this deep excavation, the latest in Dust-to-Digital’s Jonathan Ward-assembled series. From Mongolia to Morocco,...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2026

Review of Leaving Eden

Leaving Eden

Carolina Chocolate Drops

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★

The new release from the American acoustic trio comes with high expect¬ations, after its pre¬decessor, Genuine Negro Jig won a...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2012

Review of Gamelan of Java Volume One: Kraton Kasunanan

Gamelan of Java Volume One: Kraton Kasunanan

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Lyrichord LYRCD7456

Rating: ★★★

Not content with overseeing Felmay's series of recordings, John Noise Manis – aka the Italian composer Giovanni Sciarrino (manis is...

Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: July/2010

Review of An Introduction to Ewan MacColl

An Introduction to Ewan MacColl

Ewan MacColl

Topic Records

Rating: ★★

Ewan MacColl was hugely important in the folk revival of the mid-20th century. He worked first in radical theatre, acting...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2018

Review of World Spirituality Classics, Volume 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda

World Spirituality Classics, Volume 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda

Alice Coltrane

Luaka Bop

Rating: ★★

Alice Coltrane's career, following the death of her husband, the legendary John, was remarkable for its dedication to the kind...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2017

Review of Oté Maloya: The Birth of Electric Maloya on Réunion Island 1975-1984

Oté Maloya: The Birth of Electric Maloya on Réunion Island 1975-1984

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Strut Records

Rating: ★★★★

Now this is a compilation to be treasured. Maloya is the roots music of La Réunion, a diasporic African mix...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: August/2017

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