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Review of Eu Preciso de um Liquidificador

Eu Preciso de um Liquidificador

Graveola

Mais Um Discos

Rating: ★★★

With its musicality, playful melodies and wide mix of influences (samba, choro, pop and doo wop are all in the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Tibet: Lam la Che (On the Road)

Tibet: Lam la Che (On the Road)

Techung

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

The fragmentation of Tibetan culture over the last half-century has led, for better or worse, to an astounding variety of...

Reviewed by Tom Hamilton in issue: July/2014

Review of Timbuktu Tarab

Timbuktu Tarab

Khaira Arby

Clermont Music

Rating: ★★★★

The absolute highlight of WOMAD Charlton Park last year for me was the Malian singer Khaira Arby from Timbuktu. Surrounded...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Wake Up Calls

Wake Up Calls

Cosmo Sheldrake

Tardigrade Records

Rating: ★★★★

The son of scientist Rupert Sheldrake and voice therapist Jill Purse, multi­instrumentalist Cosmo Sheldrake has already released an EP and...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2020

Review of Daa Dee

Daa Dee

Minyeshu

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Ethiopian singer Minyeshu Kifle Tedla amalgamates Western instrumentation into a mix of modern and traditional Ethiopian musical styles. Based in...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2018

Review of Anástasis: A Journey Through Old Greek Music

Anástasis: A Journey Through Old Greek Music

Katerina Papadopoulou & Anastatica

Top of the World

Saphiane

Rating: ★★★★★

This album is something to be treasured, rarely do we get the chance to hear such a wide range of...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2021

Review of Overtones

Overtones

Wu Wei & Wang Li

Harmonia Mundi

Rating: ★★★★

It's perhaps a measure of the subtlety of the music that the liner notes to this new addition to Harmonia...

Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: November/2016

Review of Agôra

Agôra

Caixa Cubo

Jazz and Milk

Rating: ★★★

This prolific world-jazz trio from São Paulo boosted their profile in 2020 with a BBC 6 Music Album of the...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2023

Review of Deò

Deò

Beinn Lee

Beinn Lee

Rating: ★★★

On ‘Anam Saor’, the first single from this, their second album, Uist sextet Beinn Lee talk about finding their place...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2022

Review of Tani

Tani

Fanfaraï

Tour N Sol

Rating: ★★★

Since 2005, percussionist Samir Inal has navigated the treacherous waters between North Africa and France with dexterity. His commingling of...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2016

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