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Review of Abrazo

Abrazo

Vincent Peirani

Top of the World

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

Warm, tango-inspired runnings from the Paris-based duo of accordionist Vincent Peirani and soprano saxophonist Emile Parisien, whose palpable rapport has...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2020

Review of An Introduction to Nic Jones

An Introduction to Nic Jones

Nic Jones

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Topic Records, 80 this year, asked Nic Jones to compile a selection of his work to add to their An...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2019

Review of Saith VII

Saith VII

Ar Log

Sain Wales

Rating: ★★★★

In 1976 Ar Log came together to represent Wales at a festival of Celtic music in Brittany. There they met...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2018

Review of Beginners Guide To Brass

Beginners Guide To Brass

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nascente

Rating: ★★★

You name it, Nascente has a compilation out celebrating it. Now the veteran UK label has given the brass band...

Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Brazil

The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Brazil

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

Taking a liberal approach to what defines psychedelic music, this latest offering from Rough Guides takes slightly ‘out there’ tracks...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2013

Review of SMOD

SMOD

SMOD

Because

Rating: ★★★★

Turn ‘Les Dirigeants Africains’ up loud. Do those bouncy Malian rhythms sound familiar? The growling vocals, sweet-but-biting lyrics and the...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011

Review of Beginner's Guide to English Folk

Beginner's Guide to English Folk

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nascente

Rating: ★★★★

There's no shortage of folk compilations out there – be they strange folk, nu-folk, psych-folk or angry folk. When I...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013

Review of Fun An Altn Klezmer Heft: Beautiful Music from Old Manuscripts

Fun An Altn Klezmer Heft: Beautiful Music from Old Manuscripts

Susi Evans & Szilvia Csaranko

Shades of Folk

Rating: ★★★★

Susi Evans is a dynamic clarinettist from Shekoyokh and this is her second duo album with Hungarian-born, German-based accordionist Szilvia...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2023

Review of Eyoun el Alb

Eyoun el Alb

Nagat

wewantsounds

Rating: ★★★★

Born in 1938 in Cairo, Nagat El-Saghira made her first public performance at the age of seven – her diminutive...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2023

Review of Weaving My Ancestors’ Voices

Weaving My Ancestors’ Voices

Sheila Chandra

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★

There's something plainly refreshing about witnessing an artist following their own path, uninhibited. Chandra's trilogy of albums – first released...

Reviewed by Anita Bhadani in issue: August/September/2023

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