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Review of Le Notti di San Patrizio

Le Notti di San Patrizio

Nilza Costa

Brutture Moderne

Rating: ★★★

An Italian-based singer-songwriter born in Salvador, Bahia, Nilza Costa and her powerful, emotionally-charged voice represent a place at the cultural...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2021

Review of Brazil: Sambossica 3

Brazil: Sambossica 3

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Afro Baile Records

Rating: ★★

There is so much exciting music coming out of Brazil right now. However you wouldn’t think so from Sambossica 3....

Reviewed by DJ Cliffy in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of XIV – A Integração

XIV – A Integração

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Shika Shika

Rating: ★★★★

XIV – A Integração is a wonderfully untidy, uneven pile of ideas, mysticism and sacred touchstones, electro-acoustics and real sound,...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Echoes in the Weave

Echoes in the Weave

Sareban

Worlds Within Worlds

Rating: ★★★★★★★★

Sareban is the moniker of Swiss-based rubab player Mathieu Clavel, and this debut release is the culmination of a decade...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2026

Review of Live in Somerset

Live in Somerset

Steve Knightley

Hands On Music

Rating: ★★★★

Live in Somerset might not sound very rock‘n’roll. But Steve Knightley is a true stadium star of West Country venues...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011

Review of Heal & Harrow

Heal & Harrow

Heal & Harrow

Shadowside Records

Rating: ★★★★

At a time when there is a movement afoot to pardon the 4,000 or so women who found themselves at...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2022

Review of Banbirrngu: The Orchestral Sessions

Banbirrngu: The Orchestral Sessions

Gurrumul

Universal Music Australia

Rating: ★★★★

One of the most beautiful and distinctive voices to ever emerge from Australia, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – better known simply...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Artemis

Artemis

Moussu T e lei Jovents

Le Chant du Monde

Rating: ★★★★

You’ve got to hand it to them, Mr T and friends have churned out an impressive output, producing five studio...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: July/2013

Review of Anamores

Anamores

Ani Cordero

Panapén Records

Rating: ★★★

Earlier in the year, this Puerto Rican singer, drummer and social activist released a righteously indignant single about, she explained,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Chahâr

Chahâr

Meelodi

Meelodi

Rating: ★★★★

Meaning ‘four’ in Persian, Chahâr unsurprisingly follows Meelodi’s third album – The Great Blue Wheel – which drew in musicians...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2023

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