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Review of Laço Umbilical

Laço Umbilical

Lucibela

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★★

On a trip to Cape Verde last year I found myself being chastised by another journalist for mentioning the search...

Reviewed by Clive Davis in issue: May/2018

Review of Next Market Day

Next Market Day

Chloe Matharu

Jonesy & Jock Records

Rating: ★★★

Chloe Matharu is a young Edinburgh singer with a rich inheritance. Her father is from the Punjab, while her mother...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Gwyn Glân Beibl Budr

Gwyn Glân Beibl Budr

Lleuwen

Sain Records

Rating: ★★★★

Gwyn Glân Beibl Budr opens with ‘Myn Mair’, a prayer that is at least 500 years old, sung on the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2019

Review of Brazilian Landscapes

Brazilian Landscapes

Michala Petri, Marilyn Mazur, Daniel Murray

OUR Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

This decidedly erudite CD is like a classically tinged Codona trio album for the new millennium. Like Don Cherry and...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2017

Review of Raixes

Raixes

Tuzeint

Extra Soul Perception / Worldwide Records

Rating: ★★★

Just a few hours drive south from the Texan border, the Mexican city of Monterrey already has a reputation for...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2023

Review of Amicum

Amicum

Timo Alakolita & Johanna Juhola Duo

Åkerö Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's sixteen years since this duo's last album. At that point Alakotila was one of the key figures on the...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2023

Review of Zango

Zango

WITCH

Top of the World

Desert Daze Sound

Rating: ★★★★★

‘Zamrock has resurrected from its decades of slumber,’ sings frontman Emmanuel ‘Jagari’ Chanda on ‘Message from WITCH’. Jagari, inspired by...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Samba em Kigali

Samba em Kigali

Tapioca

Jakarta Records

Rating: ★★

Following 2022's well-streamed Voyage, the Belgian duo of rapper and lyricist Alessandro ‘Le Tagarel’ Vlerick and producer and composer Simon...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Classical Music of Central Asia

Classical Music of Central Asia

Munojat Yulchieva

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

Munojat Yulchieva, now in her early 60s, is probably the most recognised vocalist in Uzbek traditional music. She's got a...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Peines Perdues

Peines Perdues

François-Félix Roy

François-Félix Roy

Rating: ★★★

The charm of François-Félix Roy's debut solo recording lies in its subtle approach to traditional and traditionally-based Québécois music. Roy,...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: October/2023

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