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Review of The Tokyo Concert

The Tokyo Concert

Astor Piazzolla

Milan

Rating: ★★★★

This stunning live album of Astor Piazzolla was recorded at Tokyo’s Shibuya Kokaido theatre on November 21, 1982, at the...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2012

Review of Spleen

Spleen

Smadj

Jazz Village

Rating: ★★★★

Since 2000, with Equilibriste, Franco-Tunisian artist Smadj has broadened the limits of his electrified oud's sound through the band DuOud,...

Reviewed by Jean Berry in issue: October/2015

Review of Lanbousir

Lanbousir

Christine Salem

Cobalt

Rating: ★★★★

Lanbousir (L’Emb-ouchure) is Christine Salem’s fourth album of studio-recorded compositions in the traditional maloya style, for voice and percussion ensemble....

Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of Gagok, Pungnyu III

Gagok, Pungnyu III

Jeong Ga Ak Hoe

Akdang Eban

Rating: ★★★

This is a beautifully packaged atmospheric recording, but one that may take some getting used to. The gagok repertoire, protected...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Homing In

Homing In

The Ian McMillan Orchestra

Taith Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is the second album by the poet Ian McMillan and his orchestra – five musicians led by accordion player...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2011

Review of Fontana Rosa

Fontana Rosa

Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18

Légère Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Multi-instrumentalist Carwyn Ellis returns with an all-star Celtic/Latin line-up featuring Venezuelan percussionist Baldo Verdú, American drummer Shawn Lee, the Isle...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2025

Review of The Eternal Return

The Eternal Return

Irfan

Mandalia-Music

Rating: ★★★

Nigh on 30 years from the coining of the term, there remains a certain oddity in styling oneself a ‘world...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2017

Review of Morîk

Morîk

Danûk

Top of the World

Omni Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

This is a fascinating debut album from a group of exiled Middle Eastern musicians, mostly Kurdish, who are now based...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2023

Review of Danse Divines

Danse Divines

DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson

Hot Casa Records

Rating: ★★★

Danse Divines is the fourth album from this French duo with a sun-kissed Afropean lilt and beats ranging from disco...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025

Review of Temple of Hope

Temple of Hope

Saba Alizadeh

30M Records

Rating: ★★★★

How can a sense of beauty be found amid fear and cruelty? Saba Alizadeh, on his third album now, continues...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: February/March/2025

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