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Review of Pasichigare: Mystic Mbira Music of Zimbabwe

Pasichigare: Mystic Mbira Music of Zimbabwe

Chipindura Mbira Trio

Chartwell Dutiro (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

Chartwell Dutiro is the artistic director of the Mhararano Mbira Academy in Devon, England. He is one of the leading...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2014

Review of Death of the Prophet

Death of the Prophet

Sabreen

Akuphone

Rating: ★★★★

Readers may be familiar with Parisian oud player Kamilya Jubran for her collaborative work with Swiss based trumpeter and electro-pioneer...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2020

Review of Moytou

Moytou

Batch Gueye

Batch Gueye

Rating: ★

UK-based Senegalese dancer-turned-singer Batch Gueye had a very promising first album, Ndiarigne, back in 2014, and has been a key...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2021

Review of Tolonso

Tolonso

Kanazoé Orkestra

Top of the World

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

Following their excellent debut, Miriya [reviewed in #127], this is the sophomore release from an exciting and very talented group...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2019

Review of Goro le Goro

Goro le Goro

The London Bulgarian Choir

www.londonbulgarianchoir.co.uk

Rating: ★★★★

It's little wonder that the phenomenon of Bulgarian folk-based choirs, with their stirring, romantic and otherworldly sound, have captured imaginations...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Gate of Klüna

Gate of Klüna

Kuunatic

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

This is a strange and fascinating album that may challenge Songlines readers who prefer their world music on the soft,...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: December/2021

Review of Northern Flyway

Northern Flyway

Northern Flyway

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

Birds have been companions, harbingers, auguries and symbols for humanity for millennia. We follow their song, their migrations, their flyways,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2018

Review of Ghost Gamelan

Ghost Gamelan

Susheela Raman

Naive

Rating: ★★★

For their latest collaboration singer Susheela Raman and guitarist Sam Mills team up with Indonesian composer Gondrong Gunarto on this...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of The Man Behind the Molam Sound 1972-75

The Man Behind the Molam Sound 1972-75

Theppabutr Productions

Zudrangma Records

Rating: ★★★★

Having made their name with the Thai Funk compilations, the Zudrangma label are getting down to serious business now, uncovering...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2013

Review of Que Bom

Que Bom

Stefano Bollani

Alobar

Rating: ★★★

Jazz and Brazilian music flirting shamelessly is old news. It does not take a wild imagination to connect the dots...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

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