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Review of Akal

Akal

Tarwa N-Tiniri

Atty Records

Rating: ★★★

Tarwa N-Tiniri were born in Ouarzazate, Morocco’s ‘door of the desert’ and Akal marks their second album. Its title translates...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2024

Review of Kaléidoscope

Kaléidoscope

Fanga

Boomerang Records

Rating: ★★★

It's easy to feel the pulse of Afrobeat — funky, percussive grooves and jazzy arrangements often paired with conscious, passionate...

Reviewed by Jordan Barnes in issue: April/2017

Review of Overtones

Overtones

Wu Wei & Wang Li

Harmonia Mundi

Rating: ★★★★

It's perhaps a measure of the subtlety of the music that the liner notes to this new addition to Harmonia...

Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: November/2016

Review of Psychedelic Train: Expanded Edition

Psychedelic Train: Expanded Edition

Derrick Harriott & The Crystalites

Doctor Bird

Rating: ★★★★

Derrick Harriott is a major figure in Jamaican music, his career as a producer, songwriter, label owner and singer having...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Sin Aperture

Sin Aperture

James Adams

James Adams

Rating: ★★

Well, this is a strange album. Sin Aperture is the debut from a London-based, self-declared ‘adventure musician’ named James Adams....

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2015

Review of Selina

Selina

Fatau Keita & The Naawuni Bie Band

Goethe Institut

Rating: ★★★

This is a highly enjoyable and very lively album that mixes several contemporary African musical styles. At the core is...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2015

Review of Zingaros

Zingaros

Gitango

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

The idea of three Argentinian academics coming together to pit their musical knowledge and skills as Zingaros (Gypsy musicians) does...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2013

Review of Traditional Playing on the Svrljig Bagpipes, Duduk and Ocarina from Eastern Serbia

Traditional Playing on the Svrljig Bagpipes, Duduk and Ocarina from Eastern Serbia

Bokan Stanković

WMAS Records

Rating: ★★★

Bagpipes are not the first instrument that come to mind when you think of Serbian music. And it's a dwindling...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020

Review of Traditional Playing on the Svrljig Bagpipes, Duduk and Ocarina from Eastern Serbia

Traditional Playing on the Svrljig Bagpipes, Duduk and Ocarina from Eastern Serbia

Bokan Stanković

WMAS Records

Rating: ★★★

Bagpipes are not the first instrument that come to mind when you think of Serbian music. And it's a dwindling...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020

Review of Black Birds are Dancing Over Me

Black Birds are Dancing Over Me

Danny Michel & The Garifuna Collective

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★

For those who do not know him or his work, Danny Michel is a folk-rock singer from Ontario, whose reflective,...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2013

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