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Review of ‘Sai-thaiñ ki Sur

‘Sai-thaiñ ki Sur

Khasi-Cymru Collective

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★

The connection between Wales and the Khasi Hills of north-east India may not be immediately obvious, but it’s the key...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Landscape

Landscape

Kim So Ra

SP Music

Rating: ★★★

South Korean percussionist Kim So Ra started learning janggu (the hour-glass drum played with a pair of lithe sticks) aged...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2022

Review of Shruti Dances

Shruti Dances

Sarathy Korwar & Auntie Flo

Make Music

Rating: ★★★★

A project three years in the making, Shruti Dances is the debut collaborative release from star Indian percussionist Sarathy Korwar...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: October/2022

Review of Throisma

Throisma

Antonis Antoniou

Top of the World

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★★★

This is the second solo album from Monsieur Doumani’s Antonis Antoniou, and like the previous Kkismettin it’s a corker. It...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2022

Review of Diaxas

Diaxas

Jam Groove

Jam Groove

Rating: ★★★

Like an African version of Jamaica’s Sly & Robbie, Jam Groove are the London-based Senegalese rhythm duo of drummer Oumar...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2022

Review of Lúnasa with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Lúnasa with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Lúnasa with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Lúnasa Records

Rating: ★★★★

Irish national broadcaster RTÉ has a versatile Concert Orchestra that has made something of a happy habit of venturing into...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Tales of Mozambique

Tales of Mozambique

Count Ossie & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari

Soul Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

As curators of the excellent 100% Dynamite series, Soul Jazz introduced many to the lesser-known wonders of Jamaican music. On...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2016

Review of Collection of Traditional Musics 31: Peasant Brass Bands From Moldavia

Collection of Traditional Musics 31: Peasant Brass Bands From Moldavia

Şarambel Brass Band from Valea Mare, Vaslui

Ethnophonie

Rating: ★★★

This is the 31st disc in the remarkable collection of recordings of traditional Romanian music started by the late Speranța...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023

Review of The Songs Which Are

The Songs Which Are

Stranger Still

See Through Music

Rating: ★★★★

This Toronto-based ensemble continue their exploration of musicalising the work of the late self-taught Nova Scotia poet Alden Nowlan, around...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2023

Review of Family Affair

Family Affair

Inna de Yard | Inna De Yard

Chapter Two Records/Wagram

Rating: ★★★★

It's fun to imagine a group of reggae legends hauled up in a villa for days, switching between recording sessions...

Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: July/2023

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