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Review of Metisse Maloya

Metisse Maloya

Johann Berby

AIO Artists

Rating: ★★★

The island of La Réunion is a French territory located in the Indian Ocean, lying to the east of Madagascar,...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2015

Review of Moytou

Moytou

Batch Gueye

Batch Gueye

Rating: ★

UK-based Senegalese dancer-turned-singer Batch Gueye had a very promising first album, Ndiarigne, back in 2014, and has been a key...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2021

Review of Tolonso

Tolonso

Kanazoé Orkestra

Top of the World

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

Following their excellent debut, Miriya [reviewed in #127], this is the sophomore release from an exciting and very talented group...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2019

Review of Chapters of My Life

Chapters of My Life

Moken

Bantu Records

Rating: ★★★★

This debut recording from the Atlanta-based Cameroonian singer and guitarist reveals a very eccentric persona, Moken's voice creeping from a...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2016

Review of Strømmen

Strømmen

Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard

Galileo

Rating: ★★★★

Helene Blum has already achieved phenomenal success in her native Denmark, including a No 1 hit as a folk singer...

Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: March/2021

Review of This Ain’t No Mouse Music!

This Ain’t No Mouse Music!

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Arhoolie Records (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★★

This double-CD box set is the soundtrack to a feature-length documentary, This Ain’t No Mouse Music!, documenting how Chris Strachwitz,...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2015

Review of Les Indiens d’Amérique: 1960-1961

Les Indiens d’Amérique: 1960-1961

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★

It's encouraging to be reviewing another authentic Native American recording: while it's not exactly a glut, there is certainly much...

Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: October/2014

Review of Meeting

Meeting

AGA Trio

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★

As travel becomes ever more constrained, transborder musical projects continue to flourish although the recent violent flare-up of the conflict...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2020

Review of And If You Will Come to Me

And If You Will Come to Me

Idan Raichel

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★

Idan Raichel is a hugely successful Israeli composer and keyboard player with a considerable gift for catchy melodies you can't...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2019

Review of Sotaque

Sotaque

Budiño

Fol Musica

Rating: ★★★

The Galician gaita, like its Celtic forebears the Scottish bagpipes and Irish uilleann pipes, produces rough-edged, high-pitched melodies that dance...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

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