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Review of Waa Dardaaran

Waa Dardaaran

Sahra Halgan

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

Sahra Halgan is a powerful and entertaining singer for whom life has never been easy. For a start, she comes...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2020

Review of The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

The Brothers Nazaroff

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★

As tribute bands go, the Brothers Nazaroff are one of the more eccentric out there. Named after the elusive Nathan...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2016

Review of Classic Recordings 1929-1949

Classic Recordings 1929-1949

Tau Moe

Grass Skirt

Rating: ★★★★

While several early Hawaiian steel guitar players have had their recordings reissued over the years, until recently one important pioneer...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2020

Review of Char Taal and a Raga Rainbow

Char Taal and a Raga Rainbow

Rakkatak

Rakkatak

Rating: ★★

These days North India is far from the only place you can find examples of the Hindustani music associated with...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2021

Review of Ođđa áigodat

Ođđa áigodat

Solju

Top of the World

Bafe''s Factory/Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

Solju is the name of a new project from the Finnish Sámi joiker Ulla Pirttijärvi and her daughter, Hilda Länsman....

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Nubiyan Twist

Nubiyan Twist

Nubiyan Twist

Wormfood Records

Rating: ★★★★

London-based 12-piece Nubiyan Twist have become well-known for their live performances over the past few years, and this, their first...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Nemo

Nemo

Kadialy Kouyate

Top of the World

KK Sound Archive

Rating: ★★★★

Kadialy Kouyate is a Longtime London-based kora player. A maestro of the West African 21-string harp-Lute, he is also a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020

Review of Hauptbahnhof

Hauptbahnhof

Sväng

Top of the World

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★★

If you've missed out on the past 14 years of Sväng, this would be a good moment to play catch...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2017

Review of Beginner’s Guide to Cumbia

Beginner’s Guide to Cumbia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nascente

Rating: ★★★★

Cumbia is one o f Colombia’s greatest exports, spreading like wildfire throughout the Americas from the 1960s onwards. Back in...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2011

Review of Baby, How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust &Contempt from the 1920s &1930s

Baby, How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust &Contempt from the 1920s &1930s

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Dust to Digital

Rating: ★★★★

Thanks to dedicated researchers like Art Rosenbaum and ardent collectors like John Heneghan, a New York-based musician whose precious library...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2011

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