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Review of Ethiopia Super Krar

Ethiopia Super Krar

Krar Collective

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

The stripped-down acoustic approach taken here seems primed to deliver a raw yet updated, blast of Ethiopian blues, focusing as...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2012

Review of La Guitarra: Mi Vida

La Guitarra: Mi Vida

Juan Martín & Chaparro de Málaga

Top of the World

FlamencOVision

Rating: ★★★★

A sometime collaborator with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, Juan Martín is one of the most versatile flamenco guitarists currently...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Bomoko

Bomoko

Grupo Lokito

Malecon Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is the second recording from the London-based Congolese/Latin outfit who have been delighting audiences with their lively performances. Grupo...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2023

Review of The Rough Guide to Ragtime Blues

The Rough Guide to Ragtime Blues

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

World Music Network seem to issue their Rough Guides to The Blues at an almost monthly rate – which suggests...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2017

Review of The Ballad of Dood & Juanita

The Ballad of Dood & Juanita

Sturgill Simpson

High Top Mountain Records

Rating: ★★★

Explaining The Ballad of Dood & Juanita to an interviewer, Sturgill Simpson offered, ‘I’ve only ever really been interested in...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021

Review of Turning Point

Turning Point

Celso Fonseca

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★

For quite some time now, Celso Fonseca has led a solid career as an MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) singer-songwriter. His...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2019

Review of Tricota

Tricota

Otros Aires

Galileo

Rating: ★

Electronic tango is in a decadent but decisive phase. As the fad falls away, a few bands have managed to...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Made of Music

Made of Music

Sousou & Maher Cissoko

Jaliya

Rating: ★★★

Over three albums and a decade of vigorous touring, the immaculate, mellifluous troubadour fusions of the Senegalese kora player Maher...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018

Review of Sira Kura

Sira Kura

Faratuben

Sounds of Subterrania

Rating: ★★★

Farafin means ‘black’ and toubabou ‘white’ – hence we have Faratuben, a multicultural band in which instead of the usual...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2021

Review of Taos

Taos

Efrén López, Stelios Petrakis & Bijan Chemirani

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

In a trio setting there is little space to hide, so it is fortunate that each of the musicians here...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2018

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