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Review of Dawn

Dawn

Magos & Limón

Okeh Records

Rating: ★★★★

Javier Limón, from Madrid, is best known as a flamenco guitarist and producer for the likes of Paco de Lucía...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of World Massala

World Massala

Terrakota

Ojo Música

Rating: ★★★

Manu Chao was probably the first internationally recognised artist to really nail world fusion – from his early days rocking...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of One People One World

One People One World

Femi Kuti

Knitting Factory

Rating: ★★★

Around the same time as Seun Kuti's excellent new album Black Times, elder brother Femi has also returned to the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018

Review of Barki

Barki

Maltash

Modular Mind

Rating: ★★★★

Born in Beirut, Lebanon and residing in Brussels, Maltash (Arabic for ‘Wicked’) is an experimental musician attempting to deconstruct industrial...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: March/2023

Review of Braquage de Pouvoir

Braquage de Pouvoir

Tiken Jah Fakoly

Chapter Two

Rating: ★★★

A quarter of a century on since he emerged from Ivory Coast with his spectacular international debut Mangercratie, Tiken Jan...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Grad Gori!

Grad Gori!

Grad Gori!

Klopotec

Rating: ★★★★

For some years singer Brina Vogelnik has headed one of Slovenia's most popular neo-folk bands, Brina, mixing folklore with a...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2019

Review of 3NE

3NE

Niqolah Seeva

Vlad

Rating: ★

Niqolah Seeva seeks to push established boundaries and challenge our preconceptions; his first album presents itself as the clarion call...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: November/2020

Review of Do Coração

Do Coração

Sara Correia

Universal Music Portugal

Rating: ★★★

Last year, we praised Sara Correia’s first adult album (she had released a previous one in her adolescence) as a...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2020

Review of Sultan

Sultan

Alune Wade | Alune Wade & Harold López-Nussa

Enja

Rating: ★★★★

Since beginning his career in Ismaël Lô’s band more than 20 years ago, the Dakar-born, Paris-based singer and bassist Alune...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022

Review of Tomorrow Will Follow Today

Tomorrow Will Follow Today

Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman

Iscream Music Records

Rating: ★★★

A young man refuses to sleep with his uncle's wife. She stabs herself and blames the boy. His uncle has...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2015

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