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Review of Hemdem

Hemdem

Sinan Cem Eroglu & Muhlis Berberoglu

Ahenk Müzik

Rating: ★★★★

Hemdem means, literally, ‘breathe together’ and designates in Turkish one's best friend. But since dem also means ‘drone’ it could...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of História do Choro

História do Choro

Duo Violão + 1

Amimo

Rating: ★★★★

História do Choro is an ambitious, meticulous and well-executed journey through the history of an iconic Brazilian genre led by...

Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Some Other Land

Some Other Land

Adam Sutherland

Errogie Records

Rating: ★★★★

Perhaps best known for his work as fiddler for The Treacherous Orchestra, Session A9 and Peatbog Faeries, Adam Sutherland is...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2018

Review of Addoh

Addoh

Oumar Konaté

Clermont Music

Rating: ★★★

On this, his debut album, guitarist and singer Oumar Konaté seeks to place himself among the ever-growing pantheon of Mali's...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Kindred Souls

Kindred Souls

Adrian Freedman

Nixi

Rating: ★★

Nothing should really surprise us in the global village of world music any more, but even so Adrian Freedman’s CV...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2021

Review of Polonia

Polonia

Katy Carr

Deluce Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Katy Carr is a much-lauded British/Polish singer-songwriter, aviator and multi-instrumentalist, who plays piano, ukulele and keyboards. Carr can sing in...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Miyan ki Todi – Bombay 1968

Miyan ki Todi – Bombay 1968

ZM Dagar & ZF Dagar

Country & Eastern

Rating: ★★★★

The honorific Dagar is synonym¬ous with dhrupad, one of the world’s oldest classical vocal genres. Zia Mohiuddin, who died in...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of Sonoridade Pólvora

Sonoridade Pólvora

Ian Lasserre

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★

Hailing from Bahia, Brazil, but brought to us by a Swedish record label, the singer-songwriter Ian Lasserre plies determinedly unassuming,...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: August/2017

Review of The Gap

The Gap

India Electric Co

Shoelay Music

Rating: ★★★★

It's been five long years since India Electric Co released their debut, The Girl I Left Behind Me. In that...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of I am Suffering

I am Suffering

Agongo

Chop Time Records

Rating: ★★★

Agongo – full name Jacob Abagnagongo – plays the kologo, a two-stringed calabash lute which is the typical instrument of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

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