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Review of No Boundaries

No Boundaries

Shapla Salique

Shapla Salique

Rating: ★★★

Two decades into her career, this is London-based Shapla Salique's third solo album – and her best yet. Her voice...

Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: December/2016

Review of No Ama

No Ama

Nancy Vieira

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★

The daughter of a diplomat, Nancy Vieira was born in Guinea Bissau, grew up in the Cape Verdean capital, Praia,...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2012

Review of No Fixed Abode

No Fixed Abode

TRÚ

Swallow Song Records

Rating: ★★★★

Not to be confused with the long defunct New Orleans hip-hop outfit, TRÚ take their name from a mythological trio...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2021

Review of Komme No Heim

Komme No Heim

Jon Anders Halvorsen

Etnisk Musikklubb

Rating: ★★★★

If you don’t know your stev from your lokk, or your skillingsviser from your bygdevise, have No fear. Jon Anders...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Dicen que la Muerte murió

Dicen que la Muerte murió

Sonoras Mil

Felipe Gómez Ossa

Rating: ★★★★

With so many musical influences from all over the world, it’s hard to know where to start with this four-piece...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2025

Review of Man No Die

Man No Die

Bola Johnson

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★

Bola Johnson has been one of the finds in the recent plethora of re c ent Nigerian highlife/Afro-funk archive reissues....

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of No More Wings

No More Wings

Rachel Hair Trio

March Hair Records

Rating: ★★★

The harpist Rachel Hair, weary of the angelic associations of her instrument, determined with her third album to reveal another...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2012

Review of Nó Na Orelha

Nó Na Orelha

Criolo

Top of the World

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Since Nó Na Orelha was released in Brazil last year, the São Paulo rapper Criolo has become one of the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of No Rastro de Catarina

No Rastro de Catarina

Cátia de França

Tuim Discos

Rating: ★★★

Cátia de França is a singer and songwriter from João Pessoa, Paraíba, a city in the northwest of Brazil, which...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: August/2024

Review of No More Peace

No More Peace

Haydamaky

Dog & Frog

Rating: ★★★

Haydamaky’s roots lie in the Ukraine in the early 90s and the heady spirit of post-Soviet liberation when a vibrant...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

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