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Review of Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra

Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra

Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

In 2014 Tony Allen visited Haiti to perform with local musicians at a concert in Port-Au-Prince's main square. He was...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Exploring Gong Culture in Southeast Asia: Massif and Archipelago

Exploring Gong Culture in Southeast Asia: Massif and Archipelago

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Sub Rosa

Rating: ★★★★

Sound artist and archivist Yasuhiro Morinaga records found sounds and music from around the globe. Recently, he turned his attention...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2022

Review of Ramblin' Soul

Ramblin' Soul

Melissa Carper

Mae Music/Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★

Count this as a lucky ramble in Melissa Carper's beloved Dodge van (the subject of one of her 11 original...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2023

Review of Between Wind and Water

Between Wind and Water

String Sisters

String Sisters

Rating: ★★★★

There's always been a natural joyfulness in the sound the String Sisters make together. Right from their first performance at...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2018

Review of Pan

Pan

Grupo Pan

Munster Records / Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★★

Fans of Venezuelan rock (and there should be more) will be eager to snap up this long out-of-print jewel, originally...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: November/2023

Review of Marchez Noir

Marchez Noir

Amazigh Kateb

Iris/Harmonia Mundi

Rating: ★★★★

Amazigh Kateb, who was the lead singer of Gnawa Diffusion, has turned down the rock from his old group and...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: March/2010

Review of Banda Dois

Banda Dois

Gilberto Gil

Warner Music 256468258

Rating: ★★★★

Having quit formal politics and swapped President Lula and Brasilia for a return to the international circuit, Gil presents us...

Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: July/2010

Review of Fringe Music

Fringe Music

Open String Department

Just for the Records

Rating: ★★★★

A trio of Norwegian jazz instrumentalists took a road trip in the Appalachian mountains; this whip-smart, virtuosic album of improvised...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Gay Feet

Gay Feet

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Doctor Bird

Rating: ★★★★

Sonia Pottinger (1931-2010) was the pre-eminent female Jamaican record producer and label owner, her career ranging from ska to dancehall....

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Outubro

Outubro

Azymuth

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Outubro means ‘Autumn,’ and to commemorate the welcome news that Azymuth are back in the recording studios in the autumn...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2016

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