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Review of Orfeo

Orfeo

Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party

Top of the World

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The title-track of Orfeo is a version of the Orpheus and Eurydice story dating from the 13th century, via a...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2012

Review of London is the Place for Me: The Music of Young Black London, 5 & 6

London is the Place for Me: The Music of Young Black London, 5 & 6

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Honest Jon’s Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This double-CD release follows three engaging, high-quality compilations of Caribbean and African music in 50s Britain from the specialist label...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: July/2013

Review of And it Was Good

And it Was Good

The Andrew Collins Trio

Andrew Collins Trio

Rating: ★★★★

While I can't claim to have coined it, the term ‘chambergrass’ is the nearly perfect one-word description of the music...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2017

Review of La Madrugá

La Madrugá

Yasser Tejeda

One RPM

Rating: ★★★★

This new album from Yasser Tejeda comprises a slick and very enjoyable collection of nine tracks merging two distinct traits...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Forefowk, Mind Me

Forefowk, Mind Me

Quinie

Top of the World

Upset the Rhythm

Rating: ★★★★

Scots is one of three official languages north of the border, along with English and Gaelic, and it is in...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2025

Review of Yeni Dunya

Yeni Dunya

Light in Babylon

Light In Babylon

Rating: ★★★★

Honed on the streets of Istanbul, the message of Light in Babylon comes out loud and clear, across time and...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: April/2017

Review of Esquineros

Esquineros

César Stroscio & Esquina

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

The esquina (street corner) has mythic currency in Buenos Aires. It's the classic location of cafés and bars, and it's...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2016

Review of Music from Entre Douro e Vouga

Music from Entre Douro e Vouga

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ocora

Rating: ★★★

In contrast to the extraordinary field recordings by Michel Giacometti and José Alberto Sardinha all over Portugal during the second...

Reviewed by Gongalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of The Eternal Return

The Eternal Return

Irfan

Mandalia-Music

Rating: ★★★

Nigh on 30 years from the coining of the term, there remains a certain oddity in styling oneself a ‘world...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2017

Review of Folktron

Folktron

Oratnitza

Fusion Embassy

Rating: ★★★★

On the second full-length album from Bulgarian folk distorters Oratnitza, the quartet continues its quest to meld traditional music with...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2016

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