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Review of Marcha!

Marcha!

Lo Cor de la Plana

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

This is the third album from the male voice choir from the quartier of La Plaine in Marseille, who go...

Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of African Journey

African Journey

Glenn Keiles

Right Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Glenn Keiles is an established composer and producer who first opened a studio in Brixton, London in 1982, spending the...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: October/2022

Review of Dogo Du Togo

Dogo Du Togo

Dogo Du Togo

Massama Dogo

Rating: ★★★★

This self-titled debut is the solo project of Serge Massama Dogo, Togolese founder of the Afropop band Elikeh. Born in...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2023

Review of Lola

Lola

Carrie Rodriguez

Lux Records

Rating: ★★★★

Carrie Rodriguez first got noticed when fiddling and singing with Chip ‘Wild Thing’ Taylor. They made beautiful music together before...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2016

Review of AmarElo

AmarElo

Emicida

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★

The release of AmarElo was preceded by a run of singles, each very different to the last, which left me...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2020

Review of Karkadé

Karkadé

Mohamed Abozekry

Jazz Village

Rating: ★★★★

Egyptian-born Mohamed Abozekry is the latest in an illustrious line of oud players from the Arab world who have graced...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of King Papaya

King Papaya

Koby Israelite

Circus Mayhem CM1001

Rating: ★★

Accordionist, keyboard player and multi– instrumentalist Koby Israelite has produced a CD of startling grotesquerie. A grim, obsessive figuration on...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2010

Review of Tides of Times

Tides of Times

Gharana

Gharana

Rating: ★★

Since their formation in Kolkata in 2006, Gharana have waged a guerilla campaign to bring their Indo-rock fusion to a...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2021

Review of Tu Na Me Nsa

Tu Na Me Nsa

The Ghana Bigshots

Goethe Institut

Rating: ★★★

The Ghana Bigshots were originally founded as the University of Ghana's house band, and this release is supported by the...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Music in Our Dreams

Music in Our Dreams

Dream Shanti

Ear Up Records

Rating: ★★★

There's no question that Jeff Coffin is a fine woodwind player. After all, he spent years playing in the Flecktones...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

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