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Review of Goshawk

Goshawk

Carole Pegg & Radik Tülüsh

7 Stars Records

Rating: ★★

Here's an intriguing prospect. Radik Tülüsh, an esteemed Tuvan throat singer and a member of the long-running group Huun Huur...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Noites Brasileiras

Noites Brasileiras

Gabriela Kozyra

Gabriela Kozyra

Rating: ★★★

These are admittedly troubling times for Brazil. Having elected a president known for his polemic and hostile quotes on minorities...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2019

Review of Gili Yalo

Gili Yalo

Gili Yalo

Dead Sea Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

Gili Yalo's love of singing came about through hardship. As a five-year-old, he escaped the Ethiopian famine on foot. Music...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2018

Review of Remembering

Remembering

Ross Ainslie

Great White Records

Rating: ★★

Remembering is a curious mix. Mostly made up of self-penned songs, the album marks a new direction for Ross Ainslie...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2015

Review of Mediterraneo Ostinato

Mediterraneo Ostinato

Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona

Finisterre

Rating: ★★★★

Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona are back with their mixture of ancient and contemporary, loads of modal themes, rhythms and...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2022

Review of The Traveller

The Traveller

Baaba Maal

Top of the World

Marathon Artists

Rating: ★★★★

Since 2001's acoustic set Missing You (Mi Yeewnii), Baaba's only new studio album in 15 years has been 2009's Television,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016

Review of Romance(s)

Romance(s)

Aldina Duarte

Sony Music (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

After releasing Contos de Fados (a wordplay on ‘fairy tales’, replacing fairies with fados), Aldina Duarte decided to take time...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2016

Review of Mànran

Mànran

Mànran

Mànran Records

Rating: ★★★

This self-titled debut from the new young bucks of Scots folk is a feisty and sweaty affair. Founded in 2010,...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2012

Review of Parfum de Jasmin

Parfum de Jasmin

Med Fusion Orchester

Editions Milan Music

Rating: ★★

There is something very Western-centric and media-friendly about the fashion for naming popular uprisings after colours, seasons and horticulture. It’s...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2012

Review of Suba

Suba

Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita

Top of the World

bendigedig

Rating: ★★★★

Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita's debut album as a duo, Transparent Water, came out in 2017 and was a transporting...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2021

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