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Review of Sinuose

Sinuose

Luli Braga

Luli Braga

Rating: ★★★

Sinuose is the debut album of singer-songwriter Luli Braga. Born in Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, her...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: July/2021

Review of Film of Life

Film of Life

Tony Allen

Top of the World

Jazz Village

Rating: ★★★★

The man who Brian Eno has dubbed the finest drummer on the planet has made a string of intriguing albums...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of The Red Stoep

The Red Stoep

Nomfusi

Delicious Tunes

Rating: ★★★★

In South Africa, a stoep is a veranda of a house and any gathering on it creates an instant space...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: November/2021

Review of Invisible Faces

Invisible Faces

Tomáš Liška

Animal Music

Rating: ★★★★

Bringing together musicians from Turkey, Serbia and the Czech Republic, bassist Tomáš Liška here draws upon a shared musical language...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2017

Review of Songs from the Bardo

Songs from the Bardo

Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith

Smithonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Dealing with dying is a major aspect of both the sacred and secular. Songs from the Bardo is a small...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2019

Review of Ethiopia Super Krar

Ethiopia Super Krar

Krar Collective

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

The stripped-down acoustic approach taken here seems primed to deliver a raw yet updated, blast of Ethiopian blues, focusing as...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2012

Review of Kurdistan

Kurdistan

Nishtiman

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★★

The seven-piece group Nishtiman, meaning ‘Homeland’, brings together five Kurdish musicians from the three main territories where the Kurds are...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Bomoko

Bomoko

Grupo Lokito

Malecon Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is the second recording from the London-based Congolese/Latin outfit who have been delighting audiences with their lively performances. Grupo...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2023

Review of Nostalgique Armenie: Songs of Love, Hope, Exile and Improvisations (1942-1952)

Nostalgique Armenie: Songs of Love, Hope, Exile and Improvisations (1942-1952)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

This is a homage to the music of the Armenian diaspora. The liner notes state that the Caucasus is the...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: May/2018

Review of Spanglish

Spanglish

The Baboons

Syncopated Sounds

Rating: ★★

Not to be confused with the rockabilly outfit from Antwerp, this particular raucous colony of Baboons has been a fixture...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2016

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