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Review of Silêncio

Silêncio

Claudia Aurora

World Village

Rating: ★★

It’s not very clear what Claudia Aurora’s trying to do here. But whatever it is, it doesn’t seem to work....

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2012

Review of Mãe

Mãe

Liana

Crowd Records

Rating: ★★★

Mãe (Mother) is Liana’s take on motherhood in our present age of anxiety. It’s her fourth solo album (she has...

Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: October/2020

Review of This is What I Want to Say

This is What I Want to Say

Martyn Joseph

Pipe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Throughout a career spanning 40 years, nearly that many albums and thousands of live performances, the Welsh singer-songwriter with the...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2024

Review of Come as You Are

Come as You Are

Niamh Regan

Faction Records

Rating: ★★★

OK, let’s clear out the elephant in the room. Yes, Galway singer-songwriter Niamh Regan has named her second album Come...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2024

Review of Zero Grace

Zero Grace

Liam Bailey

Big Crown Records

Rating: ★★★

Born in Nottingham with an English mum and Jamaican dad, Liam Bailey grew up listening to reggae, soul and rock...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2024

Review of Deep Africa

Deep Africa

Deep Forest

Universal

Rating: ★★★★★

Back in the 90s, Eric Mouquet and his French ‘ethnic electronica collective’ Deep Forest did more than anyone else to...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2013

Review of Live at Tou

Live at Tou

Angrusori

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★

A few years ago a group of musicians from the Slovakian Roma community came together with a group of musicians...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2021

Review of Fado Tradicional

Fado Tradicional

Mariza

Top of the World

EMI

Rating: ★★★★★

Since her 2001 debut Fado emMim, Mariza has taken fado to a new, non-Portuguese audience and expanded its horizons by...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011

Review of The Rough Guide to African Roots Revival

The Rough Guide to African Roots Revival

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

One of the keys to success in the competitive compilation market is to find fresh and interesting thematic approaches that...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2012

Review of The Rough Guide to Peru Rare Groove

The Rough Guide to Peru Rare Groove

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

Those who come to this cheerful, varied collection of rare, overlooked or forgotten gems from various vaults with expectations of...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2016

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