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Review of L'Oiseau du Ciel

L'Oiseau du Ciel

Jeannot Bel

Prosmart Studio

Rating: ★★

Congolese music has for many years been struggling to re-establish its position as one of the most potent of contemporary...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2017

Review of The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

The Brothers Nazaroff

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★

As tribute bands go, the Brothers Nazaroff are one of the more eccentric out there. Named after the elusive Nathan...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2016

Review of Ođđa áigodat

Ođđa áigodat

Solju

Top of the World

Bafe''s Factory/Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

Solju is the name of a new project from the Finnish Sámi joiker Ulla Pirttijärvi and her daughter, Hilda Länsman....

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Breathe

Breathe

Laura-Beth Salter

Shee Records

Rating: ★★★

Laura-Beth Salter, one-sixth of the all– women group The Shee, first performed the songs and music that make up this,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2013

Review of Made in Malawi

Made in Malawi

Neil & the New Vibration

Bigroundboat Music

Rating: ★★★★

There has sadly been very little international exposure for the music and musicians of Malawi. There is no immediately identifiable...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2015

Review of Kistvaen

Kistvaen

Calan

Recordiau Sienco Records

Rating: ★★★★

The title of the fifth album from one of Wales’ most talked about folk bands means ‘Burial Chamber’ and is...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2020

Review of Kel Tinariwen

Kel Tinariwen

Tinariwen

Wedge

Rating: ★★★

You know Tinariwen. Hypnotic Touareg assouf music from bluesy electric guitars, slithering out of Saharan sand-encrusted amps and accompanied by...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Tundra Songs

Tundra Songs

Kronos Quartet

Canadian Music Centre

Rating: ★★★★

The first noises here sound just like a fat seal pulling itself over gritty snow. By the end of Tundra...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2015

Review of The Concert Collection 2012-2018

The Concert Collection 2012-2018

Archie Roach

Bloodlines

Rating: ★★★★

Archie Roach is one of Australia's best-known Aboriginal singer-songwriters; his long career has seen him win every award and accolade...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2019

Review of Daba

Daba

Makan Badjé Tounkara

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

The simple, unaffected, sound of the traditional ngoni (lute) is one of West Africa's most distinctive and evocative musical delights....

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2017

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