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Review of Tango 3.0

Tango 3.0

Gotan Project

XL XLCD488

Rating: ★★★

The release of Vuelvo Al Sur/El Capitalismo Foraneo in 2000 and, a year later, La Revancha del Tango changed the...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2010

Review of Vagarosa

Vagarosa

Céu

Top of the World

Six Degrees 6570361160-20th

Rating: ★★★★★

It's been four years since Céu released her first solo album in Brazil – enough time for her to have...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Norcabo

Norcabo

Ary Morais

Ary Morais

Rating: ★★★

From Cape Verde, Ary Morais presents Norcabo, a portrait of his present life in Norway, showcasing the sounds of his...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Mirrors

Mirrors

Mala

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Though he will perhaps always be best known for his role in instigating the dubstep movement – through his work...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Poravna

Poravna

Vesna Pisarović

PDV Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the English speaking world Vesna Pisarović might not be an household name, but in the post-Yugoslavian pop music scene...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Null

Null

Mahmood Schricker

Mahmood Schricker

Rating: ★★★★

Null is an ‘electro Persian album inspired by electronic music, Persian traditional music and poetry’, as Toronto-based setar (lute) player...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Dawn of Paradise

Dawn of Paradise

Anupam Shobhakar & Anindo Chatterjee

Worlds Within Worlds

Rating: ★★★★

Anupam Shobhakar is a New York-based Indian classical musician who plays sarod (an unfretted lute with a deeper tone than...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: April/2021

Review of New Stories

New Stories

Eve Crazy & Mar Yo

Eve Crazy & Mar Yo

Rating: ★★★

This duo recording presents an intriguing clash of cultures. Eve Crazy is a Senegalese female rapper perhaps best-known as a...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: July/2024

Review of Soul Food: Food & Music, Fat & Yummy

Soul Food: Food & Music, Fat & Yummy

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trikont

Rating: ★★★★

Soul food loosely describes the African-American cooking that originated in the US South. Here, the poorest people in the US...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2013

Review of Hawaiian Guitar

Hawaiian Guitar

Hawaiian Trio & Takiti

Sunset-France

Rating: ★★

This album, a rerelease of Hawaiian guitar music recorded roughly 30 years ago, is a little like the aural version...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2012

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