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Review of La Yave de mi Kaza

La Yave de mi Kaza

Kedem Ensemble

CPL Music

Rating: ★★★

The album's title means ‘The Key to my Home’ in the Ladino language of the Jews that were expelled from...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2015

Review of The Victorians

The Victorians

Harp & a Monkey

Harp & a Monkey

Rating: ★★★★

The fourth studio album from the Manchester trio has been three years in the making. It is produced by Darren...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of You Got This

You Got This

Haas Kowert Tice

Haas Kowert Tice

Rating: ★★★★

Cool, swinging and sophisticated, each of the nine all-instrumental tracks on You Got This, strikes a perfect balance between bluegrass,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of A[ch]a-I-Viat[s]a

A[ch]a-I-Viat[s]a

Asa-i-Viata

Vlad

Rating: ★★★★

Move out of the way: this heady mix of Balkan tunes, electronic beats and myriad international influences is crossover music...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of In the Echo: Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace

In the Echo: Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ergodos

Rating: ★★★★★

Proof that Irish traditional music is the most amenable of genres, In the Echo brings together leading figures in the...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2021

Review of Całe Szczęście

Całe Szczęście

Mosaik

Verge Sound

Rating: ★★★

Mosaik are a very accomplished Polish folk band who combine Polish traditions with world sounds. On this album we hear...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Nostálgico

Nostálgico

El Muro Tango

Galileo MC

Rating: ★★★

The title of this album, Nostálgico, goes right to the heart of what tango represents: nostalgia and longing for what once...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: May/2019

Review of Introducing… Rubén González

Introducing… Rubén González

Rubén González

World Circuit

Rating: ★★★★★

Recorded in two days in Havana in 1996 at the end of the Buena Vista Social Club sessions, the debut...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2017

Review of Eparaka

Eparaka

Deltino Guerreiro

Kongoloti Records

Rating: ★★★

Eparaka is the first album from young Mozambican singer Deltino Guerreiro. It's been two years in the making, and the...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2016

Review of Manara

Manara

Alsarah & The Nubatones

Top of the World

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Sudanese-American singer Alsarah and her Nubatones first showed up on the radar with their fantastic debut Silt in 2014. As...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2016

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