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Review of Cumbia Siglo XXI

Cumbia Siglo XXI

Meridian Brothers

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

Colombian society and culture is always at the core of Meridian Brothers, a conceptual tropical band led by Eblis Alvarez....

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Astrakan Project B

Astrakan Project B

Simone Alves & Yann Gourvil

Karga Records

Rating: ★★★★

The follow-up album to the pair's Astrakan Project features more bracing Breton gloominess by this talented couple. The disc is...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: March/2015

Review of Tilham

Tilham

Blowzabella

Blowzabella

Rating: ★★★

Forty-five years and counting, with this their 14th album, Blowzabella are an institution of the English folk revival to stand...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2023

Review of Amour, T’es Là?

Amour, T’es Là?

Banda Magda

Edizioni Musicali Magdalini

Rating: ★★

A weird one. A US-based Greek female singer and student of film soundtrack writing has taken it upon herself to...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of An tSLí

An tSLí

An tSLí Project

Long Tale Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Bernard O’Neill has an impressive history. A classically-trained pianist and cellist, he has played double bass for the likes of...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2020

Review of Hoa Âm Xu'a

Hoa Âm Xu'a

Saigon Soul Revival

Top of the World

Saigon Supersound

Rating: ★★★★

Since 2016, Saigon Soul Revival have been gigging at venues across Vietnam, entertaining audiences with their distinctive style of revamped...

Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: April/2020

Review of Color

Color

Papa Noel & Viviane A

Buda Muslque

Rating: ★★★★

Essentially this is a fusion album of French accordion café music with a Congolese slant. Papa Noel is a veteran...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Mountscribe

Mountscribe

Rowan Piggott

Scribe Records

Rating: ★★★

Piggott was the musical engine behind a number of folk releases over the past year or so – from Sussex...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Songs from Aulejas

Songs from Aulejas

Tautumeitas

CPL Music

Rating: ★★★

This album of 16 a capella songs comes out of a doctoral thesis by Latvian musicologist Asnate Rancâne who studied...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020

Review of Iphupho: A Cappella from South Africa

Iphupho: A Cappella from South Africa

Afrika Mamas

Top of the World

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

Afrika Mamas’ fourth album, Iphupho (New Dreams), beautifully encapsulates the magic of sisterhood and the central role that community plays...

Reviewed by Franki Black in issue: April/2018

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