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Review of He is #1

He is #1

Malawi Mouse Boys

Top of the World

Independent Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Malawi Mouse Boys take their name from how they make their living when not playing music – selling mice...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2012

Review of ID

ID

Efkan Şeşen

Sesen Muziek

Rating: ★★★

The album cover says it all: a picture of the globe, the various continents composed of heads of human beings...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2021

Review of Avgi: Live in Heraklion Walls

Avgi: Live in Heraklion Walls

Stelios Petrakis Quartet

Top of the World

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

Lyra virtuoso Stelios Petrakis is one of several talented young musicians to have emerged from the teaching and performance workshops...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Follow Your Bliss

Follow Your Bliss

Po’ Girl

Po’ Girl Music Inc

Rating: ★

This album sounds great. Recorded to tape on entirely old-school gear, it’s full of the saturated warmth that audiophile purists...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: March/2011

Review of Rough Guide to Caribbean Cafe

Rough Guide to Caribbean Cafe

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

The latest Caribbean music World Music Network compilation sets out to demonstrate the connections and parallels between island styles while...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: October/2012

Review of Immigrants

Immigrants

Nitin Sawhney

Sony Masterworks

Rating: ★★★★★

When Songlines interviewed Nitin Sawhney in October 2019, he discussed the 20th anniversary of his landmark 1999 album Beyond Skin...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021

Review of Ground of its Own

Ground of its Own

Sam Lee

Top of the World

Nest Collective Records

Rating: ★★★★★

I hesitate to begin a review with the CD cover and the sleeve notes but two details here are key...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of As Palavras, Vol 1 and 2

As Palavras, Vol 1 and 2

Rubel

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

The city of Rio de Janeiro oozes out of the rhythms and words of this double album by Latin Grammy-nominated...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: July/2024

Review of Patagonia (OST)

Patagonia (OST)

Joseph LoDuca

Decca

Rating: ★★★★

How do you get Carlos Gardél, Duffy and Bryn Terfel into the same box? By making an awful film about...

Reviewed by Chris Mos in issue: July/2011

Review of Heart and Soul

Heart and Soul

Clinton Fearon

Top of the World

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★

Better known for bass playing than for his equally natural singing ability, Clinton Fearon reflects on his career with legendary...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2013

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