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Review of Stambeli: The Legacy of the Black Tunisians

Stambeli: The Legacy of the Black Tunisians

Salah el-Ouergli

Par Les Chemins Productions

Rating: ★★★★

The heavy clacking of the qaraqab (iron castanets) and the hypnotising melodies of the gimbri (three-stringed lute) make it easy...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2011

Review of Caieira

Caieira

Tamy

Zip Records

Rating: ★★

Perhaps record label marketing departments know better, but the generic blandness of cover shots such as the one gracing this...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2016

Review of 68

68

Los York’s | Melcochita y Su Conjunto

Munster

Rating: ★★★★

Two very different but equally enjoyable reissues from the Munster umbrella of labels, both dating to late-60s Peru. First up,...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2023

Review of #NuNairobi

#NuNairobi

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Outhere Records DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

Not just the banner for a new wave of artists, creatives and entrepreneurs that are proud to call the Kenyan...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: October/2019

Review of I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country

I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Valcour Records (4 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

Co-produced by Joel Savoy and Joshua Clegg Caffery, and based on Caffery's scholarly tome, Traditional Music in Coastal Louisiana: The...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2016

Review of Mud Doll

Mud Doll

Niraj Chag

Buzz-erk Records

Rating: ★★★

Single-handedly produced, recorded, arranged, mixed and mastered by British talent Niraj Chag, this is ambitiously lofty (if occasionally bombastic) cinematic...

Reviewed by Jon Mitchell in issue: November/2015

Review of Maputo Queens

Maputo Queens

Etienne de la Sayette

Paris DJs

Rating: ★★

This is the debut solo album from composer, arranger and producer Etienne de la Sayette. The Parisian is primarily known...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2016

Review of Origem

Origem

Luiz Murá

Luiz Murá

Rating: ★★

Luiz Murá is a diverse musician. He sings in Portuguese, Japanese, English and Italian, performs samba, bossa nova or any...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2020

Review of Saudade, Colour of Love

Saudade, Colour of Love

Maria Mendes

Challenge Records

Rating: ★★★

Maria Mendes is a Portuguese jazz singer that has developed her career in The Netherlands for the last 15 years....

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Mi Corazón

Mi Corazón

Katja Cruz y Los Aires

Leo Records

Rating: ★★★

Jazz woodwind, accordion and trickling percussion are the backdrop that Austrian singer Katja Cruz (real name Katja Krusche) chooses to...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2011

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