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Review of Pa el Agus y el Uli

Pa el Agus y el Uli

Orquesta Típica Juan Pablo Navarro

Sunnyside Records

Rating: ★★★

This Argentinian orquesta típica – the classic tango band of ten or so players – is in fact atypical in...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2016

Review of La Tercera Vision

La Tercera Vision

Lagartijeando

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★

Argentinian musician, DJ and programmer Lagartijeando (aka Mati Zundel) plays Andean-inspired electronic folk with a psychedelic lite touch; there’s always...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Né La Thiass

Né La Thiass

Cheikh Lô

Top of the World

World Circuit

Rating: ★★★★★

Remastered and reissued for this year's Record Store Day in April, and now available on vinyl as well as on...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2018

Review of Woo La Ba

Woo La Ba

Tilibo

Tilibo

Rating: ★★★

Here’s a pleasantly classy duo in which kora player Ibou Cissokho is teamed up with the Norwegian acoustic guitarist Ole...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2024

Review of Sud de la Louisiane

Sud de la Louisiane

The Foghorn Trio

Foghorn Trio

Rating: ★★★

A pared-down version of the legendary Foghorn Stringband, this trio of heel-kicking musicians from Portland, Oregon, play mandolin, banjo, fiddle,...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: October/2011

Review of Te yn y Grug (Tea in the Heather)

Te yn y Grug (Tea in the Heather)

Al Lewis

Al Lewis Music

Rating: ★★★★

Welsh musician Al Lewis is well established as a singer-songwriter, both as a solo artist and as half of Americana...

Reviewed by Elliw Iwan in issue: May/2020

Review of El Alma Lastimada y Otros Poemas

El Alma Lastimada y Otros Poemas

Curro Piñana

Top of the World

Nuba Records

Rating: ★★★★

In setting the work of 11th-century Andalusian Sephardic poet Solomon Ibn Gabirol to music, the singer and academic Curro Piñana...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2015

Review of La Increíble Historia de un Hombre Bueno

La Increíble Historia de un Hombre Bueno

DePedro

Warner Music

Rating: ★★★

DePedro is the nom do guorro of Spanish guitarist and singer Jairo Zavala, an experienced sideman and session musician with...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2013

Review of Djekpa La You

Djekpa La You

Dobet Gnahoré

Contre-Jour CJ024

Rating: ★★★

An exceptional live performer and a brilliant songwriter, it’s not hard to see why Ivorian Dobet Gnahoré was chosen to...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of DJ Click y Colelo Identidad Mapuche

DJ Click y Colelo Identidad Mapuche

DJ Click

No Fridge

Rating: ★★

The Mapuche are the sole surviving indigenous community in the Southern Cone. Settled mainly in the temperate Andean regions of...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2020

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