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Review of Ragas and Rhythms

Ragas and Rhythms

Bageshree Vaze

Bageshree Vaze

Rating: ★★★★

This is the third album from Indo-Canadian dancer and singer Bageshree Vaze, following on from Bageshree and Tarana. All three...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2013

Review of Mousehold

Mousehold

The Shackleton Trio

The Shackleton Trio

Rating: ★★★

Led by Georgia Shackleton on fiddle and vocals, with Nic Zuppardi on mandolin and Aaren Bennett on guitar, the East...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Nostálgico

Nostálgico

El Muro Tango

Galileo MC

Rating: ★★★

The title of this album, Nostálgico, goes right to the heart of what tango represents: nostalgia and longing for what once...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: May/2019

Review of Dusk Notes

Dusk Notes

Supriya Nagarajan & Duncan Chapman

Supriya Nagarajan

Rating: ★★★

Drawing upon synaesthesia and dusk ragas, Dusk Notes is Mumbai-born Nagarajan's debut album made in collaboration with sound artist Duncan...

Reviewed by Thomas Graves in issue: March/2021

Review of In the Shadow of Stromboli

In the Shadow of Stromboli

The Long Notes

Hobgoblin Records

Rating: ★★★★

Reel magic in the form of ‘Rockin the Boat’, a rollicking instrumental set of three tunes from Galway and Québec,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2012

Review of Indestructible

Indestructible

Diego El Cigala

Sony Music

Rating: ★★★★

The brassy, bouncing opening bars of ‘Moreno Soy’, the first track of Indestructible, will make flamenco fans’ hearts pound to...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2017

Review of Something is Wrong – Vintage Recordings From East Africa

Something is Wrong – Vintage Recordings From East Africa

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Honest Jon’s

Rating: ★★★★

In days gone by, you might have expected to find this kind of compilation released on a more specialist label...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru

Mississippi Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Tsege-Mariam Gebru is an emahoy (sister) of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, living a hermetic life in Jerusalem at 99 years...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2023

Review of Introducing… Rubén González

Introducing… Rubén González

Rubén González

World Circuit

Rating: ★★★★★

Recorded in two days in Havana in 1996 at the end of the Buena Vista Social Club sessions, the debut...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2017

Review of Har Dam Sahara

Har Dam Sahara

Rafiki Jazz

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Rafiki Jazz are a Sheffield-based band whose mission statement is to ‘create music that crosses cultural boundaries.’ Thankfully the results...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2017

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