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Review of Ring Road

Ring Road

Mohamed Abozekry & Heejaz Extended

Jazz Village

Rating: ★★★★

Based in France for over five years, the young Egyptian oud virtuoso Mohamed Abozekry recently presented his second album in...

Reviewed by Jean Berry in issue: June/2015

Review of Banda Dois

Banda Dois

Gilberto Gil

Warner Music 256468258

Rating: ★★★★

Having quit formal politics and swapped President Lula and Brasilia for a return to the international circuit, Gil presents us...

Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: July/2010

Review of Live at St George’s

Live at St George’s

O’Hooley & Tidow

No Masters

Rating: ★★★

One of British folk’s best-loved dynamic duos (and now with a baby son attached), O’Hooley and Tidow marked ten years...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2021

Review of Radyo Siwèl

Radyo Siwèl

Mélissa Laveaux

Top of the World

No Format!

Rating: ★★★★★

This fresh, intriguing and unexpected set comes from a Haitian singersongwriter who had been away from the island for 20...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2018

Review of Mogoya

Mogoya

Oumou Sangaré

Top of the World

No Format!

Rating: ★★★★★

The last time this reviewer interviewed Oumou Sangaré was in January 2009. She was about to release the album Seya...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2017

Review of DJ Click Presents: Click Here, Jaipur Remix Dub

DJ Click Presents: Click Here, Jaipur Remix Dub

VARIOUS ARTISTS

No Fridge

Rating: ★★★

French producer and musical magpie DJ Click turns his gaze upon the Rajasthani city of Jaipur on this global beats...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2014

Review of Barrule

Barrule

Barrule

Wardfell Records

Rating: ★★★

Barrule take their name from the second highest peak in the Isle of Man – home to the Celtic god...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2013

Review of Sin País

Sin País

Ali Khattab

Nesma Productions

Rating: ★★★★

The title of this album, meaning ‘Landless’ or ‘Without a Homeland’ in Spanish, chimes with the era we are living...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Desde Espana… La Columna de Fuego

Desde Espana… La Columna de Fuego

La Columna de Fuego

Munster Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Why it’s taken so long for this gem of an album to be reissued is one of those mysteries that...

Reviewed by Russ Slater Johnson in issue: January/February/2024

Review of NyeSongar.no

NyeSongar.no

Karl Seglem

Ozella Records

Rating: ★★★★

Karl Seglem is important to the Norwegian music scene for many reasons: as a hugely respected tenor sax player, as...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2014

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