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Review of Growing Stone

Growing Stone

Nation Beat

Barbés Records

Rating: ★★

The colourfully tasteful packaging might suggest that this American/ Brazilian collective see Growing Stone cosying up to the Putumayo compilations...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2012

Review of Kabul Fire 2

Kabul Fire 2

Farhot

Kabul Fire Records

Rating: ★★★★

The first iteration of Kabul Fire offered a bold journey through producer Farhot's musical influences, inspirations and a sense of...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: April/2021

Review of L'infinit

L'infinit

Francesc Sans

Microscopi

Rating: ★★

Francesc Sans is a much travelled Catalan player of the cornamusa, a type of gaita or bagpipes (cornemuse in French)....

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: November/2021

Review of Money Isn’t Everything

Money Isn’t Everything

Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra

Tea Pad Orchestra

Rating: ★★★

They may be based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne but Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra have fallen for old-time Americana hook,...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Songs of Lalon Shah

Songs of Lalon Shah

Farida Parveen

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★★

The Bengali poet Lalon Shah, popularly known as Moner Manush (Man of the Heart), is the most celebrated of the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2017

Review of Tankadi

Tankadi

Mamadou Barry & Afro Groove Gang

Label Bleu

Rating: ★★★★

Now almost 70 years old, Guinean saxophonist Mamadou ‘Maître’ Barry has been making music since the 60s, when he led...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2016

Review of Slåttepiano II

Slåttepiano II

Ingfrid Breie Nyhus

LabLabel

Rating: ★★★★

Ingfrid Breie Nyhus grew up in a family where Norwegian folk music was all around. It may be in her...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Pintura

Pintura

1982

Hubro

Rating: ★★★★

Nils Økland, Sigbjorn Apeland and Øyvind Skarbø are outstanding musicians with a sense of adventure – I once saw them...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2012

Review of Cirkari

Cirkari

Zingaros

ARC Music EUCD2266

Rating: ★★★

Zingaros are an Argentinian trio specialising in local interpretations of Gypsy and East European classics. Musicians in Eastern Europe have...

Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: June/2010

Review of Cali

Cali

Pixvae

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★

As much as I try, I can't get on with Pixvae. Cali is their second album and it very much...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2019

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