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Review of Accordeon: Musette/Swing Paris 1925-1954

Accordeon: Musette/Swing Paris 1925-1954

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★

Yet another hefty chunk of plastic from Frémeaux & Associés, this is the fourth volume of a series of compilations...

Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: March/2011

Review of The Trojan Story

The Trojan Story

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trojan

Rating: ★★★★★

Despite a series of late 60s chart hits by artists such as Desmond Dekker and Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican music faced...

Reviewed by David Katz in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Terri Kunda

Terri Kunda

Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate

Top of the World

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Conceived during an international Zoom call, this collaboration between US-based pipa virtuoso Gao Hong and London-based kora master Kadialy Kouyate...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2023

Review of This Pale

This Pale

Shujaat Husain Khan, Katayoun Goudarzi, Shaho Andalibi, Shariq Mustafa

Lycopod Records

Rating: ★★

Sufi music exists in various forms in different parts of the Islamic world with differing music and poetry in various...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2021

Review of Boka Kafé

Boka Kafé

Tcheka

Tchekamusic

Rating: ★★★★

Manuel Lopes Andrade, better known simply as Tcheka, is a guitarist and singer from Cape Verde, the former Portuguese colony...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2017

Review of Rayuela

Rayuela

Cuñao

Cuñao

Rating: ★★

Named after a novel by Julio Cortázar in which the narrative can be read in two different ways, the second...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2020

Review of Estrela Acesa

Estrela Acesa

Sessa

Top of the World

Mexican Summer

Rating: ★★★★

Estrela Acesa (Burning Star), is Sessa’s second full-length project and the first album out on Mexican Summer. The São Paulo-born...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Notre Album Solo

Notre Album Solo

Le Vent du Nord & De Temps Antan

La Compagnie Du Nord

Rating: ★★★★

The supergroup of Le Vent du Nord and De Temps Antan came together a few years ago to tour, but...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: June/2019

Review of Live in Calstock

Live in Calstock

Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin

Dragonfly Roots

Rating: ★★★

Could it be that such a thing as a Devonshire sound is appearing in English folk music? This first live...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of This House Will Stand

This House Will Stand

Oysterband

Navigator Records (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

For this Best Of set, Oysterband have compiled a disc of choice cuts from across their late-90s and post-2000s career,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2016

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