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Review of Fazer e Cantar

Fazer e Cantar

Diana HP

Z Production

Rating: ★★★★

Diana HP’s heart lies in Minas Gerais, Brazil’s landlocked, literary heartland. Larger than France – where she resides – Minas...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2022

Review of Lila

Lila

Innov Gnawa

Daptone Records

Rating: ★★★★

Gnawa in Manhattan? Grammy–nominated Innov Gnawa are just that, four Gnawi led by Fes-born maalem Hassan Ben Jaafer, with Samir...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2021

Review of Cladaich Loch Iù

Cladaich Loch Iù

Steven MacÌomhair

Steven MacÌomhair

Rating: ★★

Cladaich Loch Iù marks the debut of Gaelic singer and West Coast native Steven MacÌomhair and a pleasant enough, if...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2020

Review of Visión del Ayahuasca

Visión del Ayahuasca

Los Wembler's de Iquitos

Barbès

Rating: ★★★★

The international hype around Peruvian cumbia over the past ten years has resulted in many reissues and chicha bands cropping...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2019

Review of Aussegrasn

Aussegrasn

Fei Scho

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★

A slow start doesn’t necessarily indicate a dull ride. But in the case of Fei Scho's latest offering, this theory...

Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: October/2016

Review of Food Chain

Food Chain

London Afrobeat Collective

Dynamic Music

Rating: ★★★★

London Afrobeat Collective are a ten-piece ensemble that bring a taste of Lagos to the UK's capital. Their new album...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Viva Diaspora

Viva Diaspora

Shantel

Top of the World

Essay Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

With over two decades of being lauded for his electronic take on Gypsy brass and klezmer stylings, Frankfurt's Shantel hit...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2015

Review of Napot Holdat Csillagot

Napot Holdat Csillagot

Eszter Pál

Fonó Music

Rating: ★★

Pál is a new voice on the traditional Hungarian music scene, endorsed by the Hagyományok Hása (Hungarian Heritage House), the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Duo Vargoz

Duo Vargoz

Duo Vargoz

La Compagnie du Rigodon

Rating: ★★★★

Re-exploring repertoires of oral tradition and rearranging them is a fairly common approach in the world of traditional music today....

Reviewed by Anne Ge in issue: June/2022

Review of Houmet Paradis

Houmet Paradis

James Dumbelton with Andy Clarke

Waulk Records

Rating: ★★★

Named after an islet off Guernsey that was bought anonymously by locals and administered by the National Trust, Houmet Paradis...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2015

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