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Review of The Rough Guide to the Music of Scandinavia

The Rough Guide to the Music of Scandinavia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

This compilation takes a broad view of Scandinavia, going beyond the usual Norway/Sweden/ Denmark configuration and taking in fellow Nordic...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Bahia Com H

Bahia Com H

Maria de Fátima

Altercat

Rating: ★★★

Perhaps because she worked alongside the likes of Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento – among other Brazilian greats –...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2022

Review of Caieira

Caieira

Tamy

Zip Records

Rating: ★★

Perhaps record label marketing departments know better, but the generic blandness of cover shots such as the one gracing this...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2016

Review of Chinook Waltz

Chinook Waltz

Over the Moon

Borealis Records

Rating: ★★★

When you click the ‘Music’ tab on Over the Moon’s website, the introductory note says, ‘With this album, we tried...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2022

Review of #NuNairobi

#NuNairobi

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Outhere Records DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

Not just the banner for a new wave of artists, creatives and entrepreneurs that are proud to call the Kenyan...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: October/2019

Review of The Ultimate Guide to English Folk

The Ultimate Guide to English Folk

VARIOUS ARTISTS

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

We’re not short of compilations of British folk music, but this comes with a difference. Its compiler is Jon Boden,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Lights in the Harbor

Lights in the Harbor

T'Monde

Valcour Records

Rating: ★★★

Originally a side project for accordionist Drew Simon, letting him play more accordion than he could in his ‘other’ band,...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2020

Review of Origem

Origem

Luiz Murá

Luiz Murá

Rating: ★★

Luiz Murá is a diverse musician. He sings in Portuguese, Japanese, English and Italian, performs samba, bossa nova or any...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2020

Review of Saudade, Colour of Love

Saudade, Colour of Love

Maria Mendes

Challenge Records

Rating: ★★★

Maria Mendes is a Portuguese jazz singer that has developed her career in The Netherlands for the last 15 years....

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2023

Review of RDS-202

RDS-202

KermesZ à l'Est

KermesZ à I''Est

Rating: ★★★★

KermesZ à l'Est are not only the wildest Balkan band in Belgium, but probably on the planet. I first encountered...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2020

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