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Review of Che Guava’s Rickshaw Diaries

Che Guava’s Rickshaw Diaries

Lokkhi Terra

Top of the World

Funkiwala

Rating: ★★★★

Lokki Terra have gone from strength to strength since their first gig in 2006 at a concert titled From Bangla-beat...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of 14 Cheerful Pieces

14 Cheerful Pieces

Ensemble Moshtaq

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

This is another diamond among the numerous recently issued recordings of Persian classical music. The line-up is quite unusual: the...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: March/2011

Review of Harmony

Harmony

Sa Dingding

Wrasse WEASS247

Rating: ★★★

In the entrance to the offices of Universal Records in Beijing, there’s a wall c o ve re d i...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2010

Review of Inoni Ana Totoraha

Inoni Ana Totoraha

Narasirato

Smash

Rating: ★★★

With an energy beyond that of normal mortals, these enthusiastic Solomon Islanders are a festival promoter's dream: Melanesian men with...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Life & Times

Life & Times

Lucky Dube

Metro Select

Rating: ★★★★

The first reaction on receiving yet another Lucky Dube compilation is to groan inwardly. Since the South African reggae star's...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of De Repente

De Repente

Virgilio Armas Trio | Virgilio Armas y Su Grupo

We Are Busy Bodies

Rating: ★★

Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies have unearthed a pair of rare Latin jazz albums by a Venezuelan pianist, part...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2022

Review of Deja

Deja

Bomba Estéreo

Sony US Latin

Rating: ★★★★

Their first full-length release since 2017’s Ayo, Colombian hybrid-beat band Bomba Estéreo’s new album Deja was produced in Santa Marta,...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Kuşların Çağrısı (Call of the Birds)

Kuşların Çağrısı (Call of the Birds)

The Secret Ensemble

Top of the World

Kalan Müzik

Rating: ★★★★★

Many of Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat's projects have been reviewed in Songlines. I came across the honeyed melancholy of her...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: June/2017

Review of Bye Bye Bayou

Bye Bye Bayou

Mama Rosin

Moi J’Connais Records

Rating: ★★★

‘ We have outgrown our Cajun/zydeco roots’ declare Mama Rosin in the press blurb that came with the valedictorially titled...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Sole Kitchen

Sole Kitchen

Water Tower Bucket Boys

WTBB 7 51937 38412 0

Rating: ★★★★

Along the highways and byways in and around Portland, Oregon, there are so many microbreweries dispensing fine beers and even...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2010

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