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Review of Zapateo Suite

Zapateo Suite

Joel Hierrezuelo

Continuo Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Since settling in Paris in 1997, this Cuban expatriate has played with the likes of Gilles Peterson and Havana Cultura,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2019

Review of Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Death & Leisure VINYL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★

This record comes in the wake of a historic tour in which the Tibetan monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery...

Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: April/2019

Review of Milyakburra

Milyakburra

Emily Wurramara

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Following on from her impressive 2016 debut EP Black Smoke, Emily Wurramara's first full album sees her continuing to grow...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2018

Review of 3

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Ngaiire

Dot Dash/Majestic Casual

Rating: ★★★

For her third album, Papua New Guinea-born, Australia-based singer Ngaiire (pronounced Ny-rie) digs deep into personal stories from her unusual...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Mani Sicure

Mani Sicure

Tammurianti World Project

Soundfly

Rating: ★★

This is the first consumer release for the international market by the long-standing duo of Emidio Ausiello and Michele Maione,...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2022

Review of The Ladies at Joe Gibbs

The Ladies at Joe Gibbs

VARIOUS ARTISTS

VP Records

Rating: ★★★★

The legendary producer Joe Gibbs produced a host of female singers, who provided him with some classic songs and ‘riddims’...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2013

Review of Live in America

Live in America

Oumar Konaté

Clermont Music

Rating: ★★

Over the last few years, Oumar Konaté has been making his mark on the Mali guitar scene, his guitar-bass-drums trio...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2017

Review of Leave Your Sleep

Leave Your Sleep

Natalie Merchant

Nonesuch 522304-2

Rating: ★★★

The former 10,000 Maniacs singer signed to Nonesuch last year, and her first album in seven years is an ambitious,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of Dvojka

Dvojka

Damir Imamović's Sevdah Takht

Glitterbeat

Rating: ★★★★

Born in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, Damir Imamović is one of the leading names in the country's dynamic new sevdah...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2016

Review of Best Of

Best Of

Ismaël Lô

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★★

There was a time, back in the 90s, when it seemed that Ismaël Lô was destined to become one of...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2015

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