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Review of Camino

Camino

Gustavo Santaolalla

Sony Music

Rating: ★★★

Gustavo Santaolalla gets around. Whether on home visits to Argentina, European tours with Bajofondo or work trips around his adopted...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2014

Review of Libation

Libation

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars

Top of the World

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★★

A decade after overseeing the sessions for the band’s debut album and supervising the music for the documentary that first...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2014

Review of The Blue Book of Storyville

The Blue Book of Storyville

Don Vappie & Jazz Creole

Lejazzetal Records

Rating: ★★★★

Don Vappie is one of the world's preeminent banjoists and an out and proud New Orleans Creole (of French and...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2020

Review of Miriya

Miriya

Kanazoé Orkestra

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

We are blessed to have recently seen many releases by West African musicians who wish to retain the values of...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2017

Review of Tomorrow Will Follow Today

Tomorrow Will Follow Today

Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman

Iscream Music Records

Rating: ★★★

A young man refuses to sleep with his uncle's wife. She stabs herself and blames the boy. His uncle has...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2015

Review of Toquinho

Toquinho

Toquinho

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★

Now in his early 70s, Antônio Pecci Filho, aka Toquinho, is still popular in his native Brazil. He possesses some...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Colonised

Colonised

Eardrum

District Six Records

Rating: ★★★★

London-based rhythm masters Eardrum have returned with their fourth full-length release, and what a return they’ve made. The collective was...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2015

Review of Zithers

Zithers

Andrew Cronshaw

Cloud Valley

Rating: ★★★★

Andrew Cronshaw's presence as a player, writer and critic has been a significant part of the folk and world music...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Wawu

Wawu

Deline Briscoe

Gaba Musik

Rating: ★★★★

A Yalanji woman from Far North Queensland, singer Deline Briscoe has previously sung with her siblings in the Briscoe Sisters,...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2018

Review of Samia Malik Live at Norwich Arts Centre

Samia Malik Live at Norwich Arts Centre

Samia Malik

Samia Malik Music

Rating: ★★★

Samia Malik, who is also a visual artist, writes and performs songs in the traditional ghazal (rhyming couplets) format and...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2019

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