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Review of Core [Coração]

Core [Coração]

Maria Pia de Vito

Jando Music

Rating: ★★★

There is such an alluring charm to the words Chico Buarque pens for his own songs that it is almost...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2017

Review of Folk Music of China Vol 5: Aboriginal Folk Songs of Taiwan

Folk Music of China Vol 5: Aboriginal Folk Songs of Taiwan

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★

Most of the Austronesianlanguage songs from Taiwan featured on the latest instalment of Naxos World's Folk Music of China series...

Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: June/2020

Review of Song Hành

Song Hành

Onno Krijn & Ngo Hong Quang

Noon Records

Rating: ★★★

This is the first collaboration between the Vietnamese singer and instrumentalist Ngo Hong Quang and the Dutch composer and arranger...

Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: June/2012

Review of Morning Meditation

Morning Meditation

Sumeet Anand Pandey

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★★

Sumeet Anand Pandey is a tenth generation singer of dhrupad, India’s ancient song form that began as devotional music in...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: January/2021

Review of Mara

Mara

Aditya Prakash Ensemble

AKP Music

Rating: ★★★

LA-based Aditya Prakash began his training in Karnatic singing when he was eight years old, and he has since toured...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: November/2016

Review of Fase Dos

Fase Dos

Juan Pablo Díaz

Juan Pablo Díaz

Rating: ★★★

This son of musical parents “wanted to be a Puerto Rican version” of Lenny Kravitz in his early teens. Instead,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of The Sublime Porte: Voices of Istanbul 1430-1750

The Sublime Porte: Voices of Istanbul 1430-1750

Jordi Savall & Hesperion XXI

Alia Vox

Rating: ★★★★

The Sublime Porte is another concept album by Jordi Savall, issued just prior to Mare Nostrum, making use of much...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: June/2012

Review of Wind Rose

Wind Rose

Jocelyn Pettit

Jocelyn Pettit

Rating: ★★★★

For her third album, western Canadian fiddle player, singer and step-dancing specialist Jocelyn Pettit conjures up a dozen traditional, contemporary...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2022

Review of 21

21

HILA

Underdog Records

Rating: ★★★★

HILA (Hay/High in Los Angeles) is the brainchild of Armenian cellist Artyom Manukyan and Armenian-American producer Dawatile. Their debut album...

Reviewed by Thomas Graves in issue: June/2020

Review of African Griot Groove

African Griot Groove

Baba Sissoko | Djeli Mah Damba Koroba & Baba Sissoko

Goodfellas

Rating: ★★★

If you travel around the villages of West Africa, you will hear music played with a raw and earthy vigour;...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013

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