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Review of Suelta

Suelta

La Yegros

Top of the World

X-Ray Production

Rating: ★★★★

The third album from La Yegros (aka Mariana Yegros, the queen of nu cumbia), the French-based singer-songwriter with family in...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2019

Review of In Hollywood, 1971

In Hollywood, 1971

Ravi Shankar

Northern Spy Records

Rating: ★★★★

In her liner notes for this project, first released on vinyl earlier this year, Ravi Shankar's widow Sukanya refers to...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2016

Review of Punky Halal

Punky Halal

Les Boukakes

Believe Digital

Rating: ★★★

It's been 14 years since French Maghreb-influenced band Les Boukakes first started rocking not just the casbahs but the world...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2013

Review of Pomegranates

Pomegranates

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Finders Keepers FKR029CD

Rating: ★★★★

Given the current political climate in Iran it is hard to imagine that a vibrant pop music scene once used...

Reviewed by Nasim Masoud in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Zan

Zan

Liraz

Top of the World

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Iranian Jewish artist Liraz is a big star in Israel, where her family have been based since the 1970s, and...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2020

Review of Ferahnak

Ferahnak

Bekir Sahin Baloglu & Nurullah Kanik

Felmay

Rating: ★★

With the continuing activity of reissues of archival recordings and the increased circulation of musicians from Turkey, a CD like...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Festival Jump-Up

Festival Jump-Up

Lord Tanamo & Friends

Doctor Bird

Rating: ★★★★★

Now, the first CD here is something of a revelation, containing as it does the first ever reissue of Lord...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2020

Review of El Canto del Viento

El Canto del Viento

Amando Risueño

Nuevo Mundo

Rating: ★★★

In 1965, the celebrated Argentinian folk artist Atahualpa Yupanqui published El Canto del Viento, a collection of proems that touched...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2020

Review of Inventor Vol 1

Inventor Vol 1

DJ Znobia

Nyege Nyege Tapes

Rating: ★★★

Born in Luanda’s Barrio do Rangel, DJ Znobia began experimenting with audio production tool FruityLoops in the early 90s, mixing...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: November/2023

Review of Blue Eyed Black Boy

Blue Eyed Black Boy

Balkan Beat Box

Top of the World

Crammed Discs CRAWS9-P

Rating: ★★★★

The debut album of this New York–based trio was one of the most innovative releases of 2005 (even if it...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Apr/May/2010

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