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Review of The Moon has Risen: Zanzibara Vol 6

The Moon has Risen: Zanzibara Vol 6

Mtendeni Maulid Ensemble

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

If you get a chance to see the Mtendeni Maulid Ensemble, don't miss it. They are a group of young...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2012

Review of Joy

Joy

AKA Trio

Top of the World

bendigedig

Rating: ★★★★

Three continents, one album, ten mellifluous performances. Those are the basic figures of AKA Trio; Italy's Antonio Forcione, Senegal's Seckou...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2019

Review of Hankyō

Hankyō

Araki Kodō VI

Little Sea Records

Rating: ★★★★

Better known for his playing of the Irish flute and whistle in America, Hanz Araki is in fact also a...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: June/2021

Review of River of Dreams

River of Dreams

Johnny Coppin

Red Sky Records

Rating: ★★★★

There is something charmingly familiar and almost old fashioned about ex-Decameron guitarist Johnny Coppin’s River of Dreams that is evident...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: June/2022

Review of Proa

Proa

Tremor

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

For anyone who thinks Argentina is only about tango, then think again. Over the last decade, a new mashed-up sound...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of The Blue Road

The Blue Road

Snow Owl

Inner Circle Music

Rating: ★★

World music fusion comes in many shapes and forms but, in the case of Colombian bassist Juan Garcia-Herreros (aka Snow...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: December/2016

Review of Lulu

Lulu

Good Morning Bedlam

Erika Records

Rating: ★★★

In 2021, Good Morning Bedlam ran a Kickstarter campaign to fund their third full-length album. Fans from around world pledged...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2022

Review of Alrededor de la Húmisha: La Música de los Conjuntos Típicos Amazónicos de Perú

Alrededor de la Húmisha: La Música de los Conjuntos Típicos Amazónicos de Perú

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Buh Records

Rating: ★★★

From the mid-1960s, musicians in Peru’s Amazon region began to record the hybrid folk styles that had evolved over five...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2022

Review of Wonderland

Wonderland

Martha Spencer

Martha Spencer

Rating: ★★★★

The first thing that hits you is the voice. Bright, clear, high-pitched, as sharply faceted as polished amethyst, tinged with...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2022

Review of Addis to Omega

Addis to Omega

Dub Colossus

Top of the World

IRL Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Those familiar with the heavily Ethiopian-influenced band heard on the last three Dub Colossus albums will hardly recognise this new...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

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