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Review of Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo

Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo

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Petaluma Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Kick back, light a Cohiba. Open the rum. This new release from Petaluma Records is a proper deep dive into...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Gadji

Gadji

Norig

Frémeaux et Associés

Rating: ★★★

Norig is French and became fixated upon Balkan Gypsy music after seeing the 1989 feature film Time of the Gypsies....

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Assiniboine & the Red

Assiniboine & the Red

The Small Glories

Top of the World

Red House Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Small Glories – grizzle-voiced Canadian folk-roots scene veteran JD Edwards and ex-Wailin' Jennys' Cara Luft – return to familiar...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2019

Review of Indus Raag: Music Beyond Borders

Indus Raag: Music Beyond Borders

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Tehzeeb Foundation

Rating: ★★★★

While the large-scale human suffering at the Partition of India (1947) is very well documented, very few people are aware...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Siriá

Siriá

Mestre Cupijó e Seu Ritmo

Top of the World

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★★

Wild yelps, rattling drums, relentless riffs and booming brass - this is the sound of an Amazonian street party. To...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2014

Review of Re-Think

Re-Think

Billy Hill with Ramon Goose & Friends

Arts Council England

Rating: ★★★

Sixteen-year-old fiddler Billy Hill has been performing at folk festivals since he was nine, supporting the likes of Eliza Carthy...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016

Review of Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea

Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea

Maisey Rika

First Nation Music – Aotearoa

Rating: ★★★★

After growing up singing with her mother and aunties, award-winning Māori vocalist Maisey Rika began performing professionally at age 13....

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2021

Review of Postcards

Postcards

Beyond The Pale

Borealis BCD197

Rating: ★★★★

‘Like David Grisman's Dawg’ music, but with pierogies,’ is how Eric Stein, leader of Beyond The Pale once jokingly described...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of The New Line

The New Line

Boys of the Lough

Boys of the Lough

Rating: ★★★★

Can this really be the Boys of the Lough's 23rd album? It's remarkable to think so as they sound as...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2015

Review of Recordar é Viver: Antologia Vol 1

Recordar é Viver: Antologia Vol 1

Pedro Lima

Top of the World

Bongo Joe Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This anthology provides an excellent opportunity to expand any record collection that’s light on the music of São Tomé and...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2022

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