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Review of Político

Político

Mexican Institute of Sound

Top of the World

Chusma Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Mexican Institute of Sound certainly know how to have a knees-up – in the pot of musical treats is...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Sky Blue Love

Sky Blue Love

AMJ meets RSD

Astar Artes

Rating: ★★

Anyone interested in 70 minutes of rather clinical, polite dub reggae? OK, that's a little unfair, but there's something about...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2016

Review of KWEChE

KWEChE

Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno

Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno

Rating: ★★

The nyatiti is an eight-stringed plucked lyre of the Luo people in Kenya. Played in a fast and rhythmic way,...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2021

Review of Akave

Akave

Telek

Wantok Musik WMCD1008

Rating: ★★★

As far as recording goes, Papua New Guinea’s most celebrated musician, George Mamua Telek, has never been that prolific. With...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2010

Review of The Peasant Girl

The Peasant Girl

Viktoria Mullova

Onyx

Rating: ★★★★

Don't be put off by the contrived photo on the cover of this eclectic double CD: much love has gone...

Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Sublime

Sublime

Alex Cuba

Caracol Records

Rating: ★★★

Alex Cuba, a name well known to Cuban-music fans, brings a new angle to his easy-listening, groove-based sound with Sublime....

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of To the Mother of Gods

To the Mother of Gods

Anatolian Weapons & Seirios Savvaidis

Beats in Space VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

Anatolian Weapons is a guise of DJ electronicist Aggelos Baltas, and Seirios Savvaidis is a singer-songwriter who is much younger...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2019

Review of Te More

Te More

Whirimako Black & Richard Nunns

Rattle

Rating: ★★★★

It’s hard to think of two people more central to the recent resurgence of traditional Maori music than Whirimako Black...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Orchestre National de Mauritanie

Orchestre National de Mauritanie

Orchestre National de Maurianie

Sahel Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

For a national orchestra, this combo had previously had a remarkably small discography: one 7” single to show for an...

Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Body Beat: Soca-Dub and Electronic Calypso (1979-98)

Body Beat: Soca-Dub and Electronic Calypso (1979-98)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★★

This compilation intriguingly connects many dots in the soca music story, while also (not unexpectedly for Soundway) throwing up musically...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

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