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Review of Acabou Chorare

Acabou Chorare

Novos Baianos

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

Originally released on Som Livre in 1972, Acabou Chorare was recently voted the Best Brazilian Album Ever in a Rolling...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2016

Review of Romology

Romology

Kal

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Belgrade’s Kal – who consist essentially of guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Dragan Ristic and various sidemen – attracted much attention...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2014

Review of 25 Trips

25 Trips

Sierra Hull

Roundel

Rating: ★★★★

Sierra Hull's voice is as sparkling clear as a glacial stream tinged with just the right shad of Tennessee twang....

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2020

Review of Rolling Back

Rolling Back

Parno Graszt

Fonó

Rating: ★★★

Hungarian Gypsy band Parno Graszt hail from the village of Paszab in the north-east of the country. Led by tambura...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2019

Review of Espiral

Espiral

La Jose

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Since shaking off the nationalism of the Franco era, flamenco has looked in many directions to reclaim its roots and...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2015

Review of Local Stranger

Local Stranger

Alkinoos Ioannidis

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★

Classically trained Alkinoos Ioannidis has been recording and performing world-wide since 1993. One of the younger generation of guitar-playing Greek...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: July/2012

Review of God is a Drummer

God is a Drummer

Trilok Gurtu

Jazzline

Rating: ★★★

‘Without the drummer, nothing will move. And without movement, the world will stop,’ says Trilok Gurtu, explaining the title of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020

Review of Fenfo

Fenfo

Fatoumata Diawara

Top of the World

Montuno

Rating: ★★★★

Can it really be seven years since Fatoumata Diawara's debut on World Circuit announced her as the brightest new female...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018

Review of Feitiço Caboclo

Feitiço Caboclo

Dona Onete

Top of the World

Mais Um Discos

Rating: ★★★★★

What a wonderful CD: joyful, bursting with energy; rooted in tradition but as fresh as the morning light; and age-old...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Diphtong

Diphtong

Gisen, Ulvsand & Tullberg

Kap Syd

Rating: ★★

Wooden flute and clarinet both have quite a history in Swedish music but have rarely, if ever, been heard together...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

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