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Review of Anatolian Sun

Anatolian Sun

Moğollar

Night Dreamer

Rating: ★★★★

Moğollar (the Mongols) were the original Anatolian rockers and coiners of the term ‘Anatolian pop.’ Back in the late 60s...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: March/2021

Review of Bush Animals Don't Like Hunters: Music of Sierra Leone Vol 1

Bush Animals Don't Like Hunters: Music of Sierra Leone Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Pan Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is a remarkable collection of field recordings collected from different regions across Sierra Leone between 1965 and 1970. Cootje...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Especial Ivete, Gil, Caetano

Especial Ivete, Gil, Caetano

Ivete Sangalo, Gilberto Gil & Caetano Veloso

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★

Whilst most lovers of Brazilian music will be familiar with tropicalia founders Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, fewer will know...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2012

Review of All Because of Love

All Because of Love

Seyed Ali Jaberi & Sina Sarlak

Seyed Ali Jaberi

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded live in concert at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, this album is a celebration of the...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: November/2018

Review of Agadez

Agadez

Bombino

Top of the World

Cumbancha Discovery

Rating: ★★★★★

Omara Moctar earned the nickname Bombino when he was 12 years old – a mere bambino exiled from his native...

Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: July/2011

Review of Shuffle

Shuffle

King Porter Stomp

Community Sounds

Rating: ★★★

The stompers of King Porter hail from the southern shores of the UK – they’re a seven-piece Brighton-based collective that...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa

Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Honest Jon''s Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Love the likembé-twanging chaos of Konono No 1? Ever have a sneaky listen to Kraftwerk when the electro-mood hits you?...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Líquido

Líquido

Deco Ensemble

RecArt

Rating: ★★★

Opening with ‘Triunfal’, a typically lyrical, mood-swinging Astor Piazzolla number, this UK-based quintet set out the stall of their second...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2020

Review of Bending the Dark

Bending the Dark

The Imagined Village

ECC Records

Rating: ★★★

Here is music that illustrates how all culture begins as an idea in the human mind. The third Imagined Village...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2012

Review of The Genesis Project

The Genesis Project

East Journey featuring Yothu Yindi

East Journey

Rating: ★★★

The link between young Arnhem Land outfit East Journey and veteran Aboriginal band Yothu Yindi is a family one. East...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2015

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