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Review of Cold Old Fire

Cold Old Fire

Lynched

Charcoal Records

Rating: ★★★★

Much has been happening on Ireland's live circuit in recent years, with the emergence of new names trying new ways...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2014

Review of Umbrellowhead

Umbrellowhead

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Megafone MEGAFONE112

Rating: ★★★

Come across this on a shelf and you’ll think you’ve found a new Bellowhead album. But what we have here...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2010

Review of Pangea

Pangea

Chet Nuneta

Le Chant du Monde

Rating: ★★★★

Pangea is the hypothetical super¬continent, a land mass without borders, whose break-up gave us the continents we know today. Chet...

Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: March/2012

Review of African Pearls: Pont Sur le Congo

African Pearls: Pont Sur le Congo

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Syllart Productions 6147472

Rating: ★★★★★

The title of this double compilation refers to the imaginary bridge connecting the two capitals of the neighbouring Central African...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of Chico: The Definitive Collection 1970-1984

Chico: The Definitive Collection 1970-1984

Chico Buarque

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★★

All electric-blue eyes and honeyed voice, even at 68 Chico Buarque remains the debonair renaissance man par excellence, a Brazilian...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2012

Review of Alkisah

Alkisah

Senyawa

Phantom Limb

Rating: ★★★★

Together for a decade, the Indonesian duo Senyawa have a root sound that could lie in a traditional ceremony, though...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2021

Review of Serenata

Serenata

Zé Luis

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★

In her most talismanic song, ‘Sodade, the late Cesaria Evora forever defined the pain of separation experienced by a generation...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Japanese Dub

Japanese Dub

Jah Wobble & The Nippon Dub Ensemble

30 Hertz Records 30HZCD31

Rating: ★★★★

According to Jah Wobble, Japanese music is “a million zillion miles away” from the Cantonese tunes that featured on his...

Reviewed by David Hutcheon in issue: July/2010

Review of Rough Guide to Native America

Rough Guide to Native America

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

Knowledge of – and exposure to – Native American music and culture is sadly lacking in the UK and Europe....

Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Starlight Hotel

Starlight Hotel

Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers

Signature Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

Zoe Muth has been called Seattle's answer to Emmylou Harris, Kitty Wells or Iris Dement, depending on who you believe....

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2011

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