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Review of Hearts Broken, Heads Turned

Hearts Broken, Heads Turned

Jarlath Henderson

Top of the World

Bellows Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Jarlath Henderson hinted he could sing, as well as playing startlingly good uilleann pipes and whistle, on his 2013 Air-Fix...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: June/2016

Review of Wild and Free

Wild and Free

Ziggy Marley

VP Records

Rating: ★★

Despite the passing of reggae legend Bob Marley over two decades ago, his family legacy lives on. On top of...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Heemor (Windhorse Reprise)

Heemor (Windhorse Reprise)

Anda Union

Top of the World

Hohhot Records

Rating: ★★★★

Wind Horse, the debut release by Inner Mongolian band Anda Union in 2011, was a Top of the World in...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2018

Review of Clandestino/Bloody Border

Clandestino/Bloody Border

Manu Chao

Top of the World

Because Music

Rating: ★★★★★

There are plenty of great albums that seem to define a moment in time but, as the zeitgeist moves on,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2019

Review of The God Who Devastates Also Cures

The God Who Devastates Also Cures

Lucas Santtana

Top of the World

Mais Um Discos

Rating: ★★★★

On each of Lucas Santtana's previous five albums there was a concept that the Brazilian singer-songwriter set himself, a way...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Haoloto

Haoloto

Te Vaka

Warm Earth WMCD1008

Rating: ★★★★

With half-Tokelauan, half-Tuvaluan bloodlines, Te Vaka headman Opetaia Foa’i was born in Samoa, moved to New Zealand as a child,...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2010

Review of Goddess: Indian Music in Celebration of Goddesses around the World

Goddess: Indian Music in Celebration of Goddesses around the World

Baluji Shrivastav

ARC Music 05111

Rating: ★★★

Baluji Shrivastav’s concept album takes us on a musical explor¬ation celebrating myths surrounding female deities around the globe. With its...

Reviewed by Kulbir Natt in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of Kel Tamasheq

Kel Tamasheq

Terakaft

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

World music’s love affair with Touareg guitars continues with the fourth album from Terakaft, formed as an off-shoot of Tinariwen...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012

Review of Aborigines of Taiwan: Anthology of the Vocal Art

Aborigines of Taiwan: Anthology of the Vocal Art

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

You can’t get more evocative of rural village life than song titles such as ‘Making Fun of Abu’ and Airing...

Reviewed by Shzr Ee Tan in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Blak & Blu

Blak & Blu

Kutcha

Kutch Edwards

Rating: ★★★★

Melbourne-based Aboriginal singer Kutcha Edwards is a big man with a big voice. A Mutti Mutti man, whose traditional country...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013

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