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Review of As Montanhas de Som

As Montanhas de Som

Raphael Gimenes

One World Records

Rating: ★★★

It’s unclear if this disc was recorded last week or if Gimenes is somehow lost in time. It would not...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2017

Review of Bahía

Bahía

Ana Carla Maza

Persona Editorial

Rating: ★★★★★

Ana Carla Maza is a virtuoso Cuban composer, cellist and singer. Her latest album, Bahía, takes you on a spellbinding...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2022

Review of Taoba

Taoba

Kaumaakonga

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

A new group from the Solomon Islands, Kaumaakonga hail from the small southern isles of Mungava and Mungiki (jointly referred...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2019

Review of Work Harder and One Day You’ll Find Her

Work Harder and One Day You’ll Find Her

Duotone

GarrettBrown Music GMBCD003

Rating: ★★★★

This gorgeous, melancholic and magical mini-album of eight songs, clocking in at around half the length of many of today’s...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Indus Raag: Music Beyond Borders

Indus Raag: Music Beyond Borders

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Tehzeeb Foundation

Rating: ★★★★

While the large-scale human suffering at the Partition of India (1947) is very well documented, very few people are aware...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of A Bit Na Ta

A Bit Na Ta

George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna

Top of the World

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★★

An ambitious cross-cultural project between Australia and Papua New Guinea, A Bit Na Ta (The Source of the Sea) focuses...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017

Review of Heal & Harrow

Heal & Harrow

Heal & Harrow

Shadowside Records

Rating: ★★★★

At a time when there is a movement afoot to pardon the 4,000 or so women who found themselves at...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2022

Review of Cuckoo Storm

Cuckoo Storm

Marry Waterson & Adrian Crowley

One Little Independent

Rating: ★★★

Marry Waterson has delivered an eclectic array of duet recordings over the past decade or so, from 2011’s The Days...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2024

Review of #1

#1

Guy One

Philophon Records

Rating: ★★★★

Growing up herding goats and cows in a remote area of northern Ghana, Guy One had no schooling, taught himself...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2018

Review of History Has a Heartbeat

History Has a Heartbeat

Joseph Tawadros with William Barton

Joseph Tawadros

Rating: ★★★★

Born in Cairo, Egypt and having emigrated to Australia aged three, Joseph Tawadros has done much to expand the boundaries...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2022

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