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Review of Ecos de Magerit

Ecos de Magerit

Melón Jiménez

ScatCat Music

Rating: ★★★

This album offers ‘Echoes from Magerit,’ a phonetic representation of the Arabic name for the Spanish capital. It’s the second...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Gagok Lyrical Songs

Gagok Lyrical Songs

Kim Wol-ha

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★★

Kim Wol-ha died 20 years ago. She was one of the last musicians who had trained in the most prestigious...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Galactic Gala

Galactic Gala

Silla + Rise

Rise Ashen Records

Rating: ★★★★

Mixing century-old traditional vocals with the latest sonic technology has always been an attractive yet dangerous musical venture. More often...

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: April/2020

Review of Broken Down Gentlemen

Broken Down Gentlemen

Faustus

Navigator Records

Rating: ★★★★

Faustus was the man with the magic touch, though it came at the price of damnation. Faustus the band share...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2013

Review of Gilles Peterson Presents: Havana Cultura Anthology

Gilles Peterson Presents: Havana Cultura Anthology

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Gilles Peterson first started his Havana Cultura project back in 2008. Since then, the project has garnered several albums worth...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017

Review of Noble Stranger

Noble Stranger

Nuala Kennedy

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★★

Nuala Kennedy, Irish singer and flute player, adopted Scots lass and now a New Yorker is not an artist to...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of A Bela Vida

A Bela Vida

Aquarela

Top of the World

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

It's not ofen that the oboe takes the lead in any genre and its pinched tone can sometimes be too...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2020

Review of Puro Tayta Shanti

Puro Tayta Shanti

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Little Axe Records VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★

From the first moments of this compilation, it's impossible not to feel transported to another plane. The repetitive, hammering bass...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2019

Review of Branches

Branches

Andrew Finn Magill

Rootbranches.net

Rating: ★★★★

Branches finds North Carolina fiddler and violinist Andrew Finn Magill confirming the promise of last year’s debut, Roots. The earlier...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2017

Review of Éclat

Éclat

Labelle

InFiné

Rating: ★★★★

From his island off Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, young composer and musician, Jeremy Labelle, continues an exploration into links...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: March/2022

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