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Review of Adelphi Has To Fly

Adelphi Has To Fly

Lucy Ward

Navigator Records

Rating: ★★★

Having been a BBC Young Folk Awards finalist in 2009, Lucy Ward has emerged from the Derby folk club circuit...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Black Sea Fire

Black Sea Fire

The Shin

Jaro 42972

Rating: ★★

Several things about this record will make the curious listener well disposed to it from the off. Firstly, despite its...

Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: June/2010

Review of The First Album

The First Album

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo | ROB

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★

The first two releases in Analog Africa’s new ‘limited dance edition’ series move on from the label’s splendid compilation releases,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970

Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Sublime Frequencies

Rating: ★★★★★

The latest compilation from Seattle-based Sublime Frequencies is a dizzying double whammy of obscurities and information. Documenting the 60s rock...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: June/2013

Review of Mariza Canta Amalia

Mariza Canta Amalia

Mariza

Top of the World

Warner Portugal

Rating: ★★★★★

In her salad days as the young pretender, Mariza was as embarrassed as she was flattered by the comparison with...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2021

Review of Yalla Miku

Yalla Miku

Yalla Miku

Bongo Joe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Bongo Joe is a Geneva-based record label, music shop, café-bar, mission statement and musical philosophy. The new project Yalla Miku...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2023

Review of Kosmopolítēs

Kosmopolítēs

Mambe

Top of the World

Happy Duck

Rating: ★★★★★

How global do you like to take your grooves? Mexican DJ Danochilango and Colombian singer and musician Mambe style themselves...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2019

Review of Recados de Fora

Recados de Fora

Bonga

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★★

Angolan singer Bonga made his first album in 1972. Now, at the age of 74, his 30th album is yet...

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

Review of The Art of the Vietnamese Zither: Đàn Tranh

The Art of the Vietnamese Zither: Đàn Tranh

Tri Nguyen

ARC Music

Rating: ★★

Tri Nguyen's mission is to bring the đàn tranh (zither) to new audiences by combining Vietnamese traditions with Western classical...

Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: May/2019

Review of Miyan ki Todi – Bombay 1968

Miyan ki Todi – Bombay 1968

ZM Dagar & ZF Dagar

Country & Eastern

Rating: ★★★★

The honorific Dagar is synonym¬ous with dhrupad, one of the world’s oldest classical vocal genres. Zia Mohiuddin, who died in...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

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