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Review of Ainda Há Tempo

Ainda Há Tempo

Criolo

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★

Criolo had already been rapping at events around São Paulo for many years before he released his debut, Ainda Há...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2017

Review of Tsara Madagasikara

Tsara Madagasikara

Samy Izy

Top of the World

Network 495132

Rating: ★★★★★

Here is the long awaited return of one of Madagascar's most loved musicians, valiha (bamboo zither) master and multi-instrumentalist Samoela...

Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: October/2010

Review of Tangos

Tangos

Rubén Blades

Top of the World

Sunnyside Records

Rating: ★★★★

Rubén Blades is good at lots of things: singing, acting, writing salsa hits, being Panama's tourism minister, campaigning (against Sun...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Last Mile Home

Last Mile Home

Jon Boden

Top of the World

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

The final entry in Boden’s ‘post-oil’ trilogy is an acoustic and spare iteration of his apocalyptic themes, set against the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2021

Review of The Wedding Above in Glencree

The Wedding Above in Glencree

Daoirí Farrell

Daoirí Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Since deciding to become a musician after seeing Christy Moore perform on Irish TV and then cutting his teeth as...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2023

Review of If He Dies, If If If If If If

If He Dies, If If If If If If

Jerusalem in My Heart

Constellation

Rating: ★★★★

Not so much a group as a multi-media project, Jerusalem in My Heart consist of Lebanon-born Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016

Review of Oté Maloya: The Birth of Electric Maloya on Réunion Island 1975-1984

Oté Maloya: The Birth of Electric Maloya on Réunion Island 1975-1984

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Strut Records

Rating: ★★★★

Now this is a compilation to be treasured. Maloya is the roots music of La Réunion, a diasporic African mix...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: August/2017

Review of Zamaan Ya Sukkar: Exotic Love Songs and Instrumentals from the Egyptian 60s

Zamaan Ya Sukkar: Exotic Love Songs and Instrumentals from the Egyptian 60s

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Radio Martiko

Rating: ★★★★

Ghent-based record label and DJ collective Radio Martiko answered the prayers of rare record enthusiasts worldwide when they re-released Abdou...

Reviewed by Joshua French in issue: November/2018

Review of Tell Me Why

Tell Me Why

Archie Roach

Bloodlines/Mushroom

Rating: ★★★★

Widely acknowledged as one of Australia’s most celebrated indigenous singer-songwriters, Archie Roach’s long career is slowly drawing to a close....

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2020

Review of AH!

AH!

Trad.Attack!

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

Trad.Attack! is the latest group to combine traditional folk music styles with a contemporary approach. Formed by a trio of...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2015

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