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Review of Mãe da Lua

Mãe da Lua

Kalibé

Kalibé Music

Rating: ★★

This loose collective of multicultural musicians is fronted by Brazilian poet, singer and musician India Mãe da Lua. Her resonant...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2018

Review of La Yave de mi Kaza

La Yave de mi Kaza

Kedem Ensemble

CPL Music

Rating: ★★★

The album's title means ‘The Key to my Home’ in the Ladino language of the Jews that were expelled from...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2015

Review of Strength to Survive: Deluxe EU Version

Strength to Survive: Deluxe EU Version

SOJA

VP Records

Rating: ★★★

Last year, Virginia-based reggae outfit SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) released their fourth album Strength to Survive. The title was...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2013

Review of The Lines We Draw Together

The Lines We Draw Together

Rowan Rheingans

Top of the World

Red Dress Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Sheffield fiddler, banjoist and songwriter taps into the rich new vein of folk music with theatre, historical memoir, poetry...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2019

Review of The Victorians

The Victorians

Harp & a Monkey

Harp & a Monkey

Rating: ★★★★

The fourth studio album from the Manchester trio has been three years in the making. It is produced by Darren...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Lullabies

Lullabies

Jackie Oates

ECC Records

Rating: ★★★★

Who else but Jackie Oates could deliver such a fine set of lullabies as this? Over the course of her...

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

Review of Arco Iris

Arco Iris

Amina Alaoui

Top of the World

ECM Records

Rating: ★★★★

Moroccan singer Amina Alaoui made a memorable recording of Arab-Andalus songs called Alcantara in the early days of Songlines –...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2011

Review of You Got This

You Got This

Haas Kowert Tice

Haas Kowert Tice

Rating: ★★★★

Cool, swinging and sophisticated, each of the nine all-instrumental tracks on You Got This, strikes a perfect balance between bluegrass,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of A[ch]a-I-Viat[s]a

A[ch]a-I-Viat[s]a

Asa-i-Viata

Vlad

Rating: ★★★★

Move out of the way: this heady mix of Balkan tunes, electronic beats and myriad international influences is crossover music...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Sing Me Home

Sing Me Home

Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble

Top of the World

Sony Music Masterworks

Rating: ★★★★

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma founded the Silk Road Ensemble in 2000 to explore the music of the cultures along the ancient...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2016

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