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Review of Bixiga 70

Bixiga 70

Bixiga 70

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

It was an inspirational encounter with Tony Allen that gave Bixiga 70 the idea of putting a Brazilian spin on...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2022

Review of Passionate Voice: Hindustani Classical Music Beyond Borders

Passionate Voice: Hindustani Classical Music Beyond Borders

Supriyo Dutta & Federico Sanesi

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

Supriyo Dutta is one of the more established classical vocalists of the younger generation, with a sizeable following in India...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: June/2018

Review of Taholy

Taholy

Mikea

Top of the World

Contre-Jour CJ022

Rating: ★★★★

Mikea is the name of the band fronted by writer, singer and guitarist Théo Rakotovao, who comes from the Mikea...

Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: July/2010

Review of Tepid on My Trippin’ Heels

Tepid on My Trippin’ Heels

Naomi Randall

Aaahh!!! Real Records

Rating: ★★★★

Naomi Randall is a Cambridge native who debuted in 2013 with an album she shared with Tom Gaskall. Randall continued...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2020

Review of Between Us…

Between Us…

Anoushka Shankar & Metropole Orkest with Jules Buckley & Manu Delago

Leiter/BMG

Rating: ★★★

Sitarist Anoushka Shankar here joins forces with the Netherlands-based Metropole Orkest and handpan performer Manu Delago on a purely instrumental...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Nomade Orquestra

Nomade Orquestra

Nomade Orquestra

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★

While it's surely purely coincidental that São Paulo's Nomade Orquestra formed in 2012, the same year Azymuth's José Roberto Bertrami...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2016

Review of Hollie Cook

Hollie Cook

Hollie Cook

Mr Bongo Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Music is in Hollie Cook's blood. Her father is Sex Pistols’ drummer Paul Cook. Having grown up in West London,...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: October/2011

Review of Culture Kin

Culture Kin

Real Vocal String Quartet

Flower Note Records

Rating: ★★★★

It has been seven years since the last album from this San Francisco string quartet led by Irene Sazer (a...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: November/2019

Review of Rewa

Rewa

Tania Giannouli, Rob Thorne & Steve Garden

Rattle Records

Rating: ★★★★

Having met just a day before this recording was made, Greek pianist Tania Giannouli and taonga pūoro (traditional Maori instruments)...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Rhythm & Fado

Rhythm & Fado

João Caetano

Macau Records

Rating: ★★

Any musician should be wise enough to let his or her biography inform their music, and this is particularly true...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2019

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