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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 Countryman

Countryman

Frank Yamma

Top of the World

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★★

Considered by many to be one of Australia's most expressive indigenous voices, Pitjantjatjara singer-songwriter Frank Yamma, has never enjoyed the...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of School of life

School of life

Daara J Family

Top of the World

Wrasse 262

Rating: ★★★★

All great family stories are marked by rivalry and conflict as well as profound coherence. The last seven years in...

Reviewed by Katharina Lobeck Kane in issue: July/2010

Review of Systema Solar

Systema Solar

Systema Solar

Chusma

Rating: ★★★★

Colombia continues to be one of the most exciting music-producing nations in Latin America. The birthplace of cumbia, the country...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Apr/May/2011

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