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Review of Aw Sa Yone Vol 2

Aw Sa Yone Vol 2

Dieuf-Dieul de Thies

Teranga Beat

Rating: ★★★★

In the early 1980s in the city of Thies in Senegal, a group recorded approximately two-and-a-half hours of music that...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2016

Review of The Fragile

The Fragile

O’Hooley & Tidow

No Masters

Rating: ★★★★

O’Hooley & Tidow were mightily impress¬ive at the Nowt So Queer as Folk concert at Cecil Sharp House, the home...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2012

Review of 20 Years

20 Years

Dobranotch

CPL Music

Rating: ★★★

‘As you know, we play music of various countries and peoples,’ says vocalist Mitia Khramtsov in Russian on the live...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of String on String

String on String

Amy McAllister

Amy McAllister

Rating: ★★★

County Antrim harpist, fiddler and vocalist Amy McAllister's pleasingly bright and lyrical voice calls to mind the once ubiquitous Mary...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2017

Review of Yiddish Journey: The Music of Lenka Lichtenberg

Yiddish Journey: The Music of Lenka Lichtenberg

Lenka Lichtenberg

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

For better or worse, Jewish song often contends with a dizzying array of demands, from dealing with painful memory to...

Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: May/2016

Review of Finish the Sun

Finish the Sun

Shane Cooper & MABUTA

Dox Records

Rating: ★★★★

Shane Cooper & MABUTA are often referred to as part of a new wave of South African jazz artists. But...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: July/2022

Review of Sociedade Recreativa

Sociedade Recreativa

Sociedade Recreativa

Top of the World

Jarring Effects

Rating: ★★★★★

There's something about the off-kilter charm of the music of north-east Brazil that can sometimes be more appealing than the...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: June/2016

Review of History

History

Youssou N'Dour

Naïve Records/Believe

Rating: ★

Whereas Salif Keita's recent album, Un Autre Blanc [reviewed in #146], only featured a lone foray into AutoTune vocals, the...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2019

Review of Bumayé

Bumayé

LASS

Chapter Two/Wagram Music

Rating: ★★★★

Lassana Sané was inspired to sing by seeing the Senegalese hip-hop trio Daara J on television. He went to see...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2022

Review of I Used to Be Sad & Then I Forgot

I Used to Be Sad & Then I Forgot

Mr Alec Bowman

Mr Alec Bowman

Rating: ★★★

Professional photographer-turned-singer-songwriter Mr Alec Bowman may have swapped the darkroom for the recording studio but it still doesn't seem to...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: July/2020

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