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Review of Kardeş

Kardeş

Divanhana

Kalan Müzik

Rating: ★★★★

The movement in Bosnian music known as new sevdah, a recasting of a traditional urban song style with Slav, Turkish...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2019

Review of Astro-Hungarian Jewish Music

Astro-Hungarian Jewish Music

Frank London Glass House Orchestra

Piranha Music

Rating: ★★★

The Glass House Orchestra takes its name from the Üvegház (Glass House), a building used by the Swiss diplomat Carl...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2017

Review of A Thousand Hearts

A Thousand Hearts

Cara Dillon

Charcoal Records

Rating: ★★★★

Five year's after Cara Dillon's last studio album, 2009's Hill of Thieves, comes A Thousand Hearts, a brittle and beautiful...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Harmonograph

Harmonograph

False Lights

Wreckord label

Rating: ★★★★

A big welcome back to Sam Carter and Jim Moray, whose debut album under the guise of False Lights, Salvor,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2018

Review of An Dà Là – The Two Days

An Dà Là – The Two Days

Mànran

Manran Records

Rating: ★★★

After three years of near-constant touring, this six-piece band’s third album finds Ewen Henderson taking over lead vocals from now-departed...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2017

Review of Radio Vietnam

Radio Vietnam

Mark Gergis

Sublime Frequencies

Rating: ★

Belonging to Sublime Frequencies’ locale-specific radio collage series, Radio Vietnam is a ‘plunderphonics’ album: that's to say, the mashed-up audio...

Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: July/2015

Review of Mopepe Mama

Mopepe Mama

Syssi Mananga

Syssi Mananga

Rating: ★★★★

Syssi Mananga is a Brussels-based singer-songwriter of Afro-pop leanings and Belgian and Congolese heritage whose debut, Retour aux Sources(Back to...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2021

Review of Los Nostres Vices e Pecats

Los Nostres Vices e Pecats

Els Berros de la Cort

Ojo Musica

Rating: ★★★★

Els Berros de la Cort are the musical equivalent of a re-enactment group, performing material from the medieval Catalan and...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2013

Review of Kamalamba

Kamalamba

Raphaëlle Brochet & Philippe Aerts

Igloo

Rating: ★★

Stripping back an arrangement to just bass and voice can make for a spellbinding moment of intimacy. Kamalamba is an...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: March/2018

Review of Middle of Everywhere

Middle of Everywhere

Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three

Continental Song City

Rating: ★★★

At first glance, it would be easy to dismiss Pokey LaFarge as just another retro poseur, zoot-suiting his way onto...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

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