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Review of Intersection

Intersection

Tania Saleh

Kirkelig Kulturverksted

Rating: ★★★

Where do you even begin to start with the situation in the Middle East? So many artists have tried to...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2018

Review of Breathbox

Breathbox

Antti Paalanen

Siba Records

Rating: ★★★★

I was lucky enough to be at a concert given by the accordionist Antti Paalanen at the Sibelius Academy in...

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

Review of Tuath: Songs of the Northlands

Tuath: Songs of the Northlands

Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona Mackenzie

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★

Brian Ó hEadhra and Fiona Mackenzie have been working together for 25 years now, notably in the bands Anam and...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2020

Review of Clychau Dibon

Clychau Dibon

Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita

Astar Artes

Rating: ★★★★

The Welsh-born Catrin Finch has made her name playing harp with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, yet she’s...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Esquineros

Esquineros

César Stroscio & Esquina

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

The esquina (street corner) has mythic currency in Buenos Aires. It's the classic location of cafés and bars, and it's...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2016

Review of Soleil

Soleil

AMAMI

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

AMAMI are a Geneva-based three-piece who strive to combine dancehall, Afro pop and no wave. Soleil boasts so much; there...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2021

Review of Lambi Golo

Lambi Golo

TourÉ Kunda

Top of the World

Soulbeats Records

Rating: ★★★★

The decade that has lapsed since TourÉ Kunda's 2008 album Santhiaba had led this reviewer to fear that the Senegalese...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Rumi Symphony Project Cycle 1: Untold

Rumi Symphony Project Cycle 1: Untold

Hafez Nazeri

Sony Classical

Rating: ★★★

Hafez Nazeri is the son of the renowned Iranian-Kurdish singer and instrumentalist Sharam Nazeri. He has set up an ambitious...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Lanmou Lanmou

Lanmou Lanmou

Dowdelin

Underdog Records

Rating: ★★★

Dowdelin (a play on the word ‘dawdling’) are a four-piece band based in Lyon, France, whose name is a bit...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: April/2022

Review of Inyal

Inyal

Inyal

Inyal Records

Rating: ★★★★

Hailing from Glasgow, Inyal are a rather fresh and funky self-proclaimed folktronica five-piece. This, their first album recalls the sounds...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2018

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