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Review of Neva/Harmony

Neva/Harmony

Olcay Bayir

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★

A decade or so ago a Turkish singer covering songs from the Balkans to Armenia through Greece and Turkey...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Nattflykt

Nattflykt

Hansan

Makaki Music

Rating: ★★★★

Floating with vulnerability and enchantment, this Swedish and German duo follow both jazz and folk influences to provide us with...

Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: November/2020

Review of Traveler

Traveler

Jerry Douglas

eOne

Rating: ★★★★

Even if you have no idea who Jerry Douglas is, chances are you’ve heard him play. A regular member of...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2012

Review of Flowers in the Desert

Flowers in the Desert

VARIOUS ARTISTS

EMI

Rating: ★

As fans of world music, we rejoice when Western rock stars, whether it's Damon Albarn, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011

Review of Habibi Funk 015: An Eclectic Selection of Music from the Arab World, Part 2

Habibi Funk 015: An Eclectic Selection of Music from the Arab World, Part 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Habibi Funk Records

Rating: ★★★★

As the comprehensive and beautifully produced sleeve notes make clear, this compilation of 13 jaw-droppingly funky tracks from the Middle...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of So Calypso!

So Calypso!

Calypso Rose

Because Music

Rating: ★★★

After the triumph of 2016's Far From Home, which went platinum in France and won her the Artist of the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2018

Review of CuCuLand

CuCuLand

CuCu Diamantes

Wrasse Records WRASS237

Rating: ★★★

A suitably theatrical spoken word overture – clinking glasses, a call for silencio, the tap of heels and the flare...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010

Review of The Art of the Lyra

The Art of the Lyra

Stelios Petrakis

Top of the World

Ocora Music France

Rating: ★★★★

Talented composer-musician Stelios Petrakis emerged from Ross Daly's teaching workshops in 1999. Daly, a Crete resident and multi-instrumentalist had himself...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Buganda Royal Music Revival

Buganda Royal Music Revival

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nyege Nyege Tapes

Rating: ★★★

The Kingdom of Buganda was founded in the 14th century and is located in the central part of what is...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2022

Review of Green Grass Blue Grass

Green Grass Blue Grass

Brock McGuire Band

Top of the World

Brock McGuire Band

Rating: ★★★★★

There've been many attempts to meld Ireland's traditional music with the disparate conflation that forms modern-day American bluegrass, most recently...

Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: October/2011

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