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Review of The Genesis Project

The Genesis Project

East Journey featuring Yothu Yindi

East Journey

Rating: ★★★

The link between young Arnhem Land outfit East Journey and veteran Aboriginal band Yothu Yindi is a family one. East...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2015

Review of We Will Sing

We Will Sing

Fred & Richard Kiwat

Steady Steady Music

Rating: ★★★

From the folks who brought us veteran Thursday Island songman Seaman Dan, come two new voices from the Torres Strait...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2012

Review of Tarkat Tajje – Let’s Go

Tarkat Tajje – Let’s Go

Etran Finatawa

WMN/Riverboat 1055

Rating: ★★★★

Our education in the music of the nomadic peoples of the Sahara has advanced rapidly in the years since Tinariwen...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Tobie

Tobie

Dagadana

Agora

Rating: ★★★★

Dagadana’s fifth studio album should be given kudos as an attempt to provide ‘cheerfulness and generosity’ in our often gloomy,...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: October/2021

Review of Songs(2004-2012)

Songs(2004-2012)

Rodrigo Leão

Glitterhouse Records

Rating: ★★★

File Rodrigo Leão under ‘other’ – along with Brian Eno,Jason Swinscoe’s Cinematic Orchestra and David Sylvian. Like them he defies...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2013

Review of Sur la Route des Caravanes

Sur la Route des Caravanes

Les Tambours de Brazza

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

The group’s name suggests they are a drum and dance ensemble. But Les Tambours de Brazza are much more than...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Rhythm and Rhyme

Rhythm and Rhyme

Batucada Sound Machine

Riot Music Ltd BSM002

Rating: ★★★

This lot are good. Really good. Having seen them wow Antipodean and British audiences with their compelling mix of samba,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of Caravan Palace

Caravan Palace

Caravan Palace

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★

France has long led the way when it comes to contemporary artists reinterpreting Gypsy jazz and swing, inevitably inspired by...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2011

Review of Ali

Ali

Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin

Dead Oceans

Rating: ★★★★

This is the second album Vieux Farka Touré has released as a tribute to his father Ali Farka Touré in...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022

Review of The Hare's Corner

The Hare's Corner

Colm Mac Con lomaire

Plateau Records

Rating: ★★★

Released in his native Ireland in 2008, Cúinne An Ghiorria (The Hare's Corner) is the solo debut by Kíla co-founder...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2011

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