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Review of Bwati Kono Vol 1

Bwati Kono Vol 1

Lobi Traoré

Top of the World

KSK Records

Rating: ★★★★

The death of Lobi Traoré in 2010 at the age of 49 deprived the Malian music scene of a blues...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2013

Review of Salsa Salsa

Salsa Salsa

Tito Puente & his Orchestra

In The Woods INWOOD001

Rating: ★★★

‘El Rey del Timbai died in 2000 at the age of 77. Like most kings, Tito Puente left behind a...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of Escape – The Story of Jan Baalsrud and the Shetland Bus

Escape – The Story of Jan Baalsrud and the Shetland Bus

Jenna & Bethany Reid

Lofoten Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Arctic wastelands to the north of Norway can be the most desolate of places on earth… And yet in...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2011

Review of Live in Paris

Live in Paris

Tinariwen

Wedge Records

Rating: ★★★★

For a while, it seemed that the world's favourite desert blues sultans had lost their swing. Their performance at the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016

Review of After the Tempest

After the Tempest

Baka Beyond

March Hare Music

Rating: ★★★★

It was in 1992 that British musicians Martin Cradick and Su Hart conceived their improbable fusion of Celtic and Baka...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2014

Review of Kifak Inta

Kifak Inta

Fairuz

wewantsounds

Rating: ★★

The retro-specialist Parisian label Wewantsounds continues its vinyl-only series of releases by Fairuz, the eminent Lebanese singer. This time it's...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2023

Review of Outubro

Outubro

Azymuth

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Outubro means ‘Autumn,’ and to commemorate the welcome news that Azymuth are back in the recording studios in the autumn...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2016

Review of Jump Ups & Jollities

Jump Ups & Jollities

Travis Ward

Travis Ward

Rating: ★★★

‘Junkerdash is a term we applied to our peculiar take on traditional acoustic mountain music, which is filtered through a...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of 90 years (1925-2015)

90 years (1925-2015)

Mikis Theodorakis

FM Records

Rating: ★★

Composer Mikis Theodorakis is a Greek national institution, best known overseas for his soundtracks to Zorba the Greek and Serpico....

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Salsa Explosion: The Salsa Revolution 1969-1984

Salsa Explosion: The Salsa Revolution 1969-1984

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Fania/Strut Records

Rating: ★★★★

There are so many Latin compilations available these days that it almost warrants a separate tab on confused.com. But never...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

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