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Review of Pueblo Vivo (Vibrant People)

Pueblo Vivo (Vibrant People)

La Otrabanda

La Otrabanda

Rating: ★★★

It's always a pleasure with world music – and especially so with Latin American rhythms – to be disorientated. When...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Undersong

Undersong

Salt House

Make Believe Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the wild waters of the straits between the isles of Harris and North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2018

Review of Louisiana Sun

Louisiana Sun

Mama Rosin

Voodoo Rhythm Records

Rating: ★★★

Some years back, Mama Rosin, the high-octane punk Cajun combo from Switzerland, met Hipbone Slim & the Knee Tremblers, a...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Dindin

Dindin

Kimi Djabaté

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★★

From the age of eight, Kimi Djabaté was forced to sing and play balafón at weddings and baptisms in Guinea-Bissau...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2023

Review of Behique

Behique

Fernando García

Fernando García

Rating: ★★★★

Fernando García is a young Puerto Rican drummer, composer and educator based in New York. His previous releases have garnered...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2023

Review of Hex

Hex

Hò-Rò

Hò-Rò Music

Rating: ★★★

Hex is the second album from the group from the Scottish Highlands & Islands that won the Up and Coming...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: July/2018

Review of Crying Bamboos: Ceremonial Flute Music from New Guinea Madang

Crying Bamboos: Ceremonial Flute Music from New Guinea Madang

RagnarJohnson

Ideologic Organ

Rating: ★★★

Recorded in 1979 by UK-based anthropologist Ragnar Johnson, these field recordings complement Johnson's previous collection Sacred Flute Music from New...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of An Introduction to Eliza Carthy

An Introduction to Eliza Carthy

Eliza Carthy

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Eliza Carthy's current combo is The Wayward Band. It's a good name: she has, throughout her career, championed English folk...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Crossharbour

Crossharbour

Crossharbour

Higlet Records

Rating: ★★★

The album cover shows a young five-piece band posed on the ‘blade of light’ Millennium Bridge linking the Tate Modern...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2014

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

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