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Review of In Modern Times

In Modern Times

Jim Moray

Niblick is a Giraffe NIBL10

Rating: ★★★★

A ship sinks; a few survivors adrift in a boat, famished, cast lots to decide who is to die to...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of Supertraditionellt Material

Supertraditionellt Material

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Caprice Records

Rating: ★★★★

This album is a breaking open of the treasure chest of the Caprice Records archive, curated by Swedish folk musicians...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2020

Review of Tãn

Tãn

Lleuwen

Gwymon Records

Rating: ★★★

Singer Lleuwen Steffan first made her mark in 2005 with Duw a Wyr (God Only Knows) an original, jazzy take...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2011

Review of Horn OK Please: Roadto Bollywood

Horn OK Please: Roadto Bollywood

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Sony Music VINYL ONLY

Rating: ★★

Bollywood is so closely linked to the song and dance culture of South Asia that it almost ends up engulfing...

Reviewed by Rafay Mahmood in issue: June/2018

Review of Nó Na Orelha

Nó Na Orelha

Criolo

Top of the World

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Since Nó Na Orelha was released in Brazil last year, the São Paulo rapper Criolo has become one of the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Tangos... & Something More

Tangos... & Something More

Grupo Encuentros

Navona Records

Rating: ★★★★

How to revivify tango? It's been a pressing question ever since Astor Piazzolla's death in 1992. Grupo Encuentros, established by...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2020

Review of Scented Maiden

Scented Maiden

Guo Gan

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

With his long silk robes, Buddha-bead bracelet and serene expression, Guo Gan wouldn’t look out of place in a Zhang...

Reviewed by Rowan Pease in issue: October/2012

Review of Game, Set and Nach

Game, Set and Nach

Achanak

Nachural Records

Rating: ★★★

Achanak are legendary on the UK bhangra scene, and while their ventures into the world music festival circuit have made...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Khmer Rouge Survivors: They Will Kill You, If You Cry

Khmer Rouge Survivors: They Will Kill You, If You Cry

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

This third release in Glitterbeat's Hidden Musics series, produced by Ian Brennan, features some remarkable Cambodian musicians who survived the...

Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: October/2016

Review of Arka’k Su

Arka’k Su

Kurash Sultan

Caprice Records

Rating: ★★★

Here’s another beautiful produc¬tion from the Caprice label and the Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research. Kurash Sultan...

Reviewed by Rachel Harris in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

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