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Review of Alma Latina

Alma Latina

Julio Montoro

Tumi Music

Rating: ★★

While not exactly a high-profile name in European world music circles, guitarist Julio Montoro has a fair old pedigree –...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Sara Mama

Sara Mama

Humazapas

Top of the World

AYA Records

Rating: ★★★★

A project long in the making, Sara Mama, which translates as ‘mother corn,’ has its roots in the Kichwa communities...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Ciel: Tales from the Box

Ciel: Tales from the Box

Thanos Stavridis & Stella Tempreli

Artway Productions

Rating: ★★★

Tales from the Box is a collaboration between accordionist Thanos Stavridis and cellist Stella Tempreli. This debut from the duo...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2024

Review of Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends

Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends

Jim Kweskin

StorySound Records

Rating: ★★★

In 1960s America, you couldn’t enter a coffee house without running into a malcontent folk singer with a ratty guitar...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2024

Review of Bagola

Bagola

Trio da Kali | Trio da Kali & Kronos Quartet

Top of the World

One World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Malian group Trio da Kali have been around for some time. They were at the BBC Proms in 2013, and...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2025

Review of A Dance More Sweetly Played

A Dance More Sweetly Played

Kyle Shepherd Trio

Matsuli Music

Rating: ★★★★

It’s rare, as a reviewer, to be sent an album you’ll have on repeat. A Dance Sweetly Played is such...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Funmi Ti De

Funmi Ti De

Funmi Olawumi

Joyful Noise

Rating: ★★★

Funmi Olawumi has spent the last dozen years singing with various Nigerian ensembles including wedding party favourites the Queens of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Nagez Rameurs

Nagez Rameurs

Genticorum

Top of the World

Roues et Archets

Rating: ★★★★

Québécois music is fed by rich waters – French, Irish, Scottish, Breton and Maritime traditions are all integral to its...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Sounds of the East

Sounds of the East

Srdjan Beronja

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

A surprising collection of field recordings and re-arrangements of traditional pieces, Sounds of the East follows on from Beronja's Sounds...

Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: June/2017

Review of Melbourne Ska Orchestra

Melbourne Ska Orchestra

Melbourne Ska Orchestra

Universal Music

Rating: ★★★★

Originally formed back in 2003, as a quasi-attempt to set a new world record for the most horn musicians playing...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2013

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