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Review of Silsila – Oud Duets

Silsila – Oud Duets

Marc & Thomas Loopuyt

Buda Musique 3018064

Rating: ★★★

Back in the 1960s, arguments raged as to whether a white man could really sing the blues, and the same...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2010

Review of Anda Jaleo

Anda Jaleo

Josephine Foster & the Víctor Herrero Band

Josephine Foster

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded live in Mecina Bombaron in Granada in August 2009, this is an interesting project: Josephine Foster and Víctor Herrero...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Titik Api

Titik Api

Harry Roesli

La Munai Racords

Rating: ★★★★

Harry Roesli was a political and social activist and prominent member of the tradisi baru (new tradition) Indonesian artists who...

Reviewed by Andy Channing in issue: October/2020

Review of The Art of the Chinese Guzheng

The Art of the Chinese Guzheng

Wu Mengmeng

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

This album is a tribute to the main regional styles of guzheng (21-string zither) music in China. Having worked with...

Reviewed by Hyelim Kim in issue: June/2019

Review of Water of Tyne

Water of Tyne

Kathryn Tickell & Friends

Magnetic North East

Rating: ★★★

Magnetic North East is a new organisation dedicated to promoting the music, culture, art and heritage – the identity, then...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of So Delicious!

So Delicious!

The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

Yazoo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Following their album of gospel songs last year, So Delicious! picks up where this hard rocking country blues trio's 2012...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program

Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Preservation Hall Recordings PHJB01

Rating: ★★★★

Preservation matches a wildly diverse collection of 20 well-known performers (The Blind Boys of Alabama, Angélique Kidjo, Merle Haggard and...

Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: October/2010

Review of Oh, What A WorldFolk Europa FECD 030

Oh, What A WorldFolk Europa FECD 030

Napra

Full Price

Rating: ★★★

What if Jimi Hendrix had heard the playing of a Transylvanian village primás? What if Béla Bartók were to have...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2010

Review of ¡Saoco! Vol 2

¡Saoco! Vol 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

With its subtitle, Bomba, Plena and the Roots of Salsa in Puerto Rico 1955¬1967, this second big Vampisoul sampler tries...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Mania Regressia

Mania Regressia

Jewish Monkeys

Greedy for Best Music

Rating: ★★★

You can only get away with a name like this if you are Jewish, of course, and Jewish Monkeys consists...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

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