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Review of Songar frå Havdal

Songar frå Havdal

Unni Boksasp

TA:LIK TA42CD

Rating: ★★★★

I was lucky enough to take part in a workshop a couple of years ago led by the Norwegian singer...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2010

Review of The Butterfly Dream

The Butterfly Dream

Sa Dingding

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★

Little has been heard of the Chinese electro-fusionist since her 2010 album Harmony – which followed a BBC Radio 3...

Reviewed by David Hutcheon in issue: May/2016

Review of Anti Hero

Anti Hero

Circle of Sound

Baithak Records

Rating: ★★★★

On the follow-up album to Soumik Datta and Bernhard Schimpelsberger's deservedly praised debut album, the pair widen their musical vision,...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Traveling Wildfire

Traveling Wildfire

Dom Flemons

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

‘The image of the travelling wildfire reminded me of how music and stories can travel from generation to generation, bringing...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2023

Review of A Window to Color

A Window to Color

Mamak Khadem

Mamak Khadem

Rating: ★★★★

Mamak Khadem has been woefully neglected by UK world music promoters and producers. She started her performing career as lead...

Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: March/2012

Review of Kiteky

Kiteky

Electric Vocuhila

Another Record/Capsul Records

Rating: ★★★★

This latest album from the French four-piece Electric Vocuhila, comes hot on the heels of a residency spent in Madagascar...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: December/2022

Review of Lily-O

Lily-O

Sam Amidon

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

With his assured fiddle, guitar, banjo and voice, this native of Brattleboro, Vermont has a firm enough grasp of American...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Storied Sounds

Storied Sounds

Tuulikki Bartosik

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Accordionist and composer Tuulikki Bartosik made quite an impression with her previous album, Chatterbox, with Hannah James. Her latest project,...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016

Review of Rise Jamaica! Independence Jamaica Special

Rise Jamaica! Independence Jamaica Special

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trojan

Rating: ★★★★

When Jamaica achieved its independence from Britain on August 6 1962, its music industry was still in the nascent stages...

Reviewed by David Katz in issue: October/2022

Review of La Voix de la Passion

La Voix de la Passion

Waed Bouhassoun

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Three elements compete in La Voix de la Passion, an intriguing CD by Damascus conservatory graduates Waed Bouhassoun and Moslem...

Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

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