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Review of Under the Rose Tree

Under the Rose Tree

Derya Türkan & Sokratis Sinopoulos

Music & Words

Rating: ★★★

As a disciple of Ross Daly and a player of the lyra (bowed lute) Sokratis Sinopoulos was always going to...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2018

Review of Portrait

Portrait

María Volonté

Network Medien

Rating: ★★★★

Well established and widely respected in her native Argentina, María Volonté is largely unknown in Europe. This, her European debut,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2011

Review of Puja

Puja

Dijf Sanders

Unday Records

Rating: ★★★

This is is the follow-up to Sanders' 2018 release, Java. As with that album, this, his third solo effort, features...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: May/2020

Review of Eve

Eve

Angélique Kidjo

Top of the World

429 Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Dedicated to ‘the women of Africa, to their resilience and their beauty, Kidjo’s tenth studio album features the voices of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2014

Review of Sanata: Stillness

Sanata: Stillness

Kiran Ahluwalia

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Born in India, raised in Canada and now resident in New York City, Kiran Ahluwalia has forged an intriguing and...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Sans Souci

Sans Souci

Ruşan Filiztek

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★

As a Kurdish musician, born in the south of Turkey, now resident in France, Ruşan Filiztek is celebrating the music...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2022

Review of Tim O'Brien Band

Tim O'Brien Band

Tim O'Brien

Top of the World

Howdy Skies

Rating: ★★★★

Both traditionalists and progressively oriented bluegrass fans will cotton to Tim O'Brien's new album. Featuring a seasoned, stripped down, ready-to-kick-tail...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2019

Review of Listen

Listen

Nitish Kulkarni

Nitish Kulkarni Music

Rating: ★

American-born of Indian heritage, Nitish Kulkarni took a Masters degree in music production at the Berklee Campus in Valencia, Spain....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018

Review of La Alianza Profana

La Alianza Profana

Dengue Dengue Dengue!

Chusma Records

Rating: ★★★

There is little difference between the way Dengue Dengue Dengue! make music and the way A Guy Called Gerald or...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2013

Review of La Route Intérieure

La Route Intérieure

L’Attirail

Les Chantier Sonores

Rating: ★★★

For 20 years, producer, composer and instrumentalist Xavier Demerliac has been creating concept albums as L’Attirail. His records are influenced...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015

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