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Review of DJ Click y Colelo Identidad Mapuche

DJ Click y Colelo Identidad Mapuche

DJ Click

No Fridge

Rating: ★★

The Mapuche are the sole surviving indigenous community in the Southern Cone. Settled mainly in the temperate Andean regions of...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2020

Review of Gamelan of Central Java XII: Pangkur One

Gamelan of Central Java XII: Pangkur One

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Felmay FY 8166

Rating: ★★

‘Pangkur’ is the keystone of the repertoire of central Javanese gamelan, a tune that anyone acquainted with the music is...

Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: July/2010

Review of 10

10

Che Sudaka

Cavernicola Records

Rating: ★★★

It's a great back story: five musicians from Colombia and Argentina living illegally in Barcelona meet playing music on the...

Reviewed by Russell Patron in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Front Line: Sounds of Reality

Front Line: Sounds of Reality

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Virgin Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Despite lasting less than two years, Virgin Records’ Front Line label produced some of the finest roots reggae of the...

Reviewed by Clyde Mcfarlane in issue: October/2014

Review of Golden Horns

Golden Horns

Boban i Marko Marković Orkestar

Piranha Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Down amongst the orchards of Serbia, the Marković Orkestar have fashioned a sound that’s punchy, exhilarating and irresistible to the...

Reviewed by Joe Walker in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Electro Classical

Electro Classical

Bickram Ghosh

Navras Records

Rating: ★★★

The son of a leading Hindustani vocalist and revered tabla player, Bickram Ghosh first came to prominence with Ravi Shankar's...

Reviewed by Jon Mitchell in issue: July/2011

Review of Las Historias Que Han Dejado

Las Historias Que Han Dejado

Aguamadera

Quartsupde Lune/UVM Distribution

Rating: ★★★

Latin America’s folk fusion traditions share common roots in Spain, West Africa, Poland, France and other Old World cultures, often...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2022

Review of Matuto

Matuto

Matuto

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★

With a name translating as ‘country bumpkin’ New York city slickers Matuto seek a common cause between the backwoods of...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Gabba

Gabba

Gabba

Drengestua Records

Rating: ★★★★

A fascinating, self-titled debut here from Norwegian band Gabba, whose music has been garnering extremely positive reviews in their native...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2022

Review of Live at Ronnie Scott’s, Birmingham

Live at Ronnie Scott’s, Birmingham

Irakere featuring Chucho Valdés

First Hand Records

Rating: ★★★

Remastered at Abbey Road from an analogue recording sourced from the British Library, this live set dates back to 1995,...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2013

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