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Review of Amansara

Amansara

Chancha Via Circuito

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★

Chancha Via Circuito is one of a group of producers that emerged from Buenos Aires in the mid-2000s as part...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of In a Box

In a Box

Megson

EDJ Records

Rating: ★★★

The name of husband-and-wife duo Megson is now familiar on the English folk circuit. Their first studio album in four...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2014

Review of About Land

About Land

Mira Pardelha

Mira Pardelha

Rating: ★★★

Mira Pardelha's story starts in 1998 when Canadian musicians Jason Breckenridge and Ian Brimacombe were flatmates in Lisbon and first...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2020

Review of Brazil: Sambossica 3

Brazil: Sambossica 3

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Afro Baile Records

Rating: ★★

There is so much exciting music coming out of Brazil right now. However you wouldn’t think so from Sambossica 3....

Reviewed by DJ Cliffy in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Chant Amazigh

Chant Amazigh

Majid Soula

Habibi Funk

Rating: ★★★★

Even devoted followers of Algerian music may find the name Majid Soula rings no bells – thankfully, the latest (number...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2022

Review of Holts and Hovers

Holts and Hovers

Three Cane Whale

Three Cane Whale

Rating: ★★★★

Three Cane Whale comprise Spiro member Alex Vann, Get The Blessing’s trumpeter Pete Judge and guitarist Paul Bradley of the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013

Review of Birl-esque

Birl-esque

Eilidh Shaw & Ross Martin

Rhubana Records

Rating: ★★★

Birl – meaning to dance or, in relation to the fiddle, a rapid percussive shivering of the bow – is...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2018

Review of Nicola Conte Presents Viagem 5

Nicola Conte Presents Viagem 5

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

If you’re one of those people for whom vintage Brazilian music never grows old, Nicola Conte’s annual collections of rare...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2013

Review of Gala de la Chanson Francarabe

Gala de la Chanson Francarabe

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Milan Music

Rating: ★★★★★

This wonderfully savoury compilation comes from a field still relatively little known in world music circles, in spite of the...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: June/2014

Review of Brazil: Samba, Bossa and Beyond!

Brazil: Samba, Bossa and Beyond!

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Putumayo World Music

Rating: ★★

There is no shortage of Brazilian music compilations out there. So when you put a new one on the market,...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2020

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