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Review of Belenzuka Fallen from the Sky

Belenzuka Fallen from the Sky

Tomka Paunovic, Dragica Žunic, Miloljub Šakovic & Miroljub Raketic

WMAS

Rating: ★★★★

The two pairs of singers on this uncompromising recording – one male and one female – come from south-eastern Serbia...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2016

Review of Atlas

Atlas

Tune In

Tune In Crew

Rating: ★★

French production duo (and brothers) Harry and Xavier Veynand have chosen an appropriate title for their first album: it feels...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2021

Review of Forgotten Kingdom

Forgotten Kingdom

Jim Causley

Hands On Music

Rating: ★★★★

It's been more than a decade since Causley's debut album and his career has encompassed vocal trio The Devil's Interval,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2016

Review of World of Pixinguinha

World of Pixinguinha

Hamilton de Holanda Quintet

Adventure Music

Rating: ★★

Hamilton de Holanda is a fantastically accomplished musician. As a player of the bandolin (15-stringed lute) there are probably none...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: October/2015

Review of Anomaly

Anomaly

Jasdeep Singh Degun

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★

This is the first solo release from the British sitarist and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun. It features a large cast...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2022

Review of Nine Decades Vol IV: A Night at St John the Divine

Nine Decades Vol IV: A Night at St John the Divine

Ravi Shankar

East Meets West Music

Rating: ★★★★

Ravi Shankar's widow Sukanya testifies in the liner notes to the particular ‘magical, transcendent experience’ of her husband performing in...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of ERA

ERA

Gary Innes

Gary Innes

Rating: ★★★★

Evidently believing he might not already have enough on his plate with a new album from Mànran only just out,...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2017

Review of Alsahraa

Alsahraa

Amira Kheir

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★

On her first album, View from Somewhere, the London-based Sudanese-Italian singer Amira Kheir explored the various musical traditions of Sudan....

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2014

Review of Start

Start

Félix Lajkó

Fonó Records

Rating: ★★★

From the very first note, there's no mistaking that this is a Félix Lajkó album. The opening chord is the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021

Review of Metisse Maloya

Metisse Maloya

Johann Berby

AIO Artists

Rating: ★★★

The island of La Réunion is a French territory located in the Indian Ocean, lying to the east of Madagascar,...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2015

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