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Review of Love and Death

Love and Death

Ebo Taylor

Strut Records

Rating: ★★★

This is the first ever internationally released studio album from Ebo Taylor, now 74 and one of the legends of...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of BanningsviNe

BanningsviNe

Flammé Kapaya

Buda Music

Rating: ★★★★

Flammé Kapaya will be a new name to many. But he spent a decade backing the Congolese singer Werrason in...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2013

Review of Live in Amsterdam

Live in Amsterdam

Cristina Branco

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

What’s outstanding about this re-released first recording of Cristina Branco, from 1997, is not only that we get to hear...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2012

Review of Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

Geomungo Factory

Top of the World

Dada

Rating: ★★★★

South Korea's Geomungo Factory are the most exciting group I've seen in the past year. Contemporary, traditional and inspirational. Their...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of The Old Wheel of Fortune

The Old Wheel of Fortune

Fidil

Top of the World

Fidil

Rating: ★★★★★

There's an old Irish saying that claims'the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune.’ It's doubtful whether the fiddles employed...

Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Multishow Ao Vivo

Multishow Ao Vivo

Caetano Veloso & Maria Gadu

Multishow

Rating: ★★★★

Whilst they have somewhat fallen out of fashion in Europe and the US, ‘unplugged’ performances by major domestic talents have...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2012

Review of Calypso – Back To Mi Home

Calypso – Back To Mi Home

King Selewa & his Calypsonians

ARC Music EUCD2231

Rating: ★★

Togo-born King Selewa has been a frequent fixture at European music venues over the last ten years and more. He...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: March/2010

Review of This Unknown Science

This Unknown Science

Joy Kills Sorrow

Signature Sounds

Rating: ★★★

The lithe, crystalline soprano voice of Emma Beaton is the first thing that stands out when you listen to This...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of Dhrupad & Khyal

Dhrupad & Khyal

Gopal Krishnan

Top of the World

Ocora/Radio France C561078

Rating: ★★★★★

The veena is one of the oldest Indian musical instruments of the lute family, probably dating back to the first...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2010

Review of The Promised Land: A Swamp Pop Journey

The Promised Land: A Swamp Pop Journey

The Lil’ Band O’ Gold

Room 609 Records

Rating: ★★★★

The late Charlie Gillett’s first venture into the music industry involved a trip to Louisiana where he licensed a selection...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

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