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Review of Café

Café

Café

Craft Latino

Rating: ★★★

Here’s another long-lost Latin/soul/rock rarity from the same era, but recorded for Fania’s Vaya imprint. Produced by Ray Barretto, it...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: September/2024

Review of Silk Baroque

Silk Baroque

Wu Wei & Holland Baroque

Pentatone

Rating: ★★★★

This is an elegant album of mainly European baroque music and pseudo-baroque compositions, but with a twist – the solo...

Reviewed by Hyelim Kim in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Grifone

Grifone

Pulcinella & Maria Mazzotta

Compagnie Pulcinella

Rating: ★★★★

A primadonna in contemporary Italian folk, Maria Mazzotta lives between her hometown Salento and the French Pyrenees. She has a...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: April/2021

Review of Sufi Brotherhood Chant

Sufi Brotherhood Chant

Tijaniyya & Muridiyya

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★

In Senegal one immediately feels the strong presence of the mystic brotherhoods of Sufism. The taxi that takes you from...

Reviewed by Torben Holleufer in issue: October/2012

Review of Folk Music of China Vol 6: Folk Songs of China's Tajik & Russian Minorities

Folk Music of China Vol 6: Folk Songs of China's Tajik & Russian Minorities

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★

You would be forgiven for mistaking this album for one from the former Soviet Union. It is instead music by...

Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of The Road Never Travelled

The Road Never Travelled

Tzimmes

Big Tzimmes Productions

Rating: ★★★

Tzimmes translates in Yiddish a ‘big fuss.’ It’s also an Eastern European Jewish dish: a sweet, honeyed mix of root...

Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: December/2021

Review of Rosc

Rosc

Goitse

Top of the World

Goitse

Rating: ★★★★★

Celebrating 15 years together and a decade on the touring circuit, Limerick-based quintet Goitse mark the dual anniversary in style...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2022

Review of Latin-Soul-Rock

Latin-Soul-Rock

Fania All Stars

Craft Latino

Rating: ★★★★

Fifty years after its original release, this long out-of-print album has been remastered and reissued on vinyl and digital form....

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: September/2024

Review of Abu

Abu

Abu

Home Records

Rating: ★★★★

Senegalese virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer Abu Djigo set out to make his first album under his own name with...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2019

Review of Bluegrass

Bluegrass

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Putumayo

Rating: ★★

A handful of engaging selections punctuate the 13 tracks on this album, Putumayo’s initial venture into the bluegrass realm. David...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

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