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Review of Esfahan

Esfahan

Faraz Entessari & Fabio Tricomi

Felmay

Rating: ★★

This new album of Iranian classical music features Faraz Entessari on tar (long-necked lute), accompanied by Fabio Tricomi on various...

Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: March/2013

Review of Kanamalu

Kanamalu

Kimi Djabaté

Top of the World

Red Orange Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Welcome to a new music label, bravely launching with a brace of albums by Portuguese-based artists, including this fine outing....

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Cumbia! Bestial

Cumbia! Bestial

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Chusma Records

Rating: ★★★★

This thrilling compilation offers a truly cross-continental perspective, bringing together cutting-edge remixes of cumbia by DJs from Bogotá, Mexico and...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: October/2011

Review of Joint Control

Joint Control

John Renbourn & Wizz Jones

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Long celebrated as one of the UK's foremost acoustic guitarists, John Renbourn's work, whether solo or with supergroup Pentangle, always...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2016

Review of The First Snow

The First Snow

Ronan le Bars Group

Coop Breizh

Rating: ★★★

Ronan le Bars plays the cornemuse Irlandaise – better known as uilleann pipes – and he's brought their distinctive timbre...

Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: December/2016

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 One Takes

One Takes

Daymé Arocena

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Authenticity is impossible to manufacture. Daymé Arocena might be only 24, but she has a soul and a sensuousness belying...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Sun Gong/Bring on the Sun

Sun Gong/Bring on the Sun

Laraaji

All Saints Records

Rating: ★★★

Four decades ago, zitherist Edward Larry Gordon made his debut on a small US label. Then, renamed Laraaji, he collaborated...

Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: June/2018

Review of The Wait

The Wait

Vika & Linda

Bloodlines Music

Rating: ★★★★

Staples on the Australian music scene since the 1980s, when they were prominently featured in The Black Sorrows band, Aussie-Tongan...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Carnatic Connection

Carnatic Connection

Bollywood Brass Band featuring Jyotsna Srikanth

Top of the World

Bollywood Brass Band

Rating: ★★★★

The Bollywood Brass Band's latest album is yet another outstanding tour de force. With the help of Jyotsna Srikanth's Karnatic...

Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

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