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Review of Maloya Power

Maloya Power

Lindigo

Helico Music

Rating: ★★★

Lindigo were the talk of the recent Australasian World Music Expo (AWME), where their show-stopping turn prompted double-takes from seasoned...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2012

Review of Sombras

Sombras

OKAN

Lulaworld Records

Rating: ★★★

The Afro-Cuban roots group OKAN present their first full-length release of jazz-influenced music paying tribute to the sonic traditions of...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2020

Review of Dubber Side Of The Moon

Dubber Side Of The Moon

Easy Star All Stars

Easy Star

Rating: ★★★★

Whether it's well-lubricated rednecks taking the tools of bluegrass to the songs of AC/DC or Frencheasy-listening sophisticates smoothing the corners...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Nigeria Special Volume 2: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds and Nigerian Blues 1970-6

Nigeria Special Volume 2: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds and Nigerian Blues 1970-6

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soundway SNDWCD020

Rating: ★★★★

When the Nigerian civil war ended in 1970, a period of experimentation and musical freedom ensued, producing some rich and...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Fiara – Corsican Voice

Fiara – Corsican Voice

Anghjula Potentini

Buda Musique/Memoria Viva 860180

Rating: ★★

The first few seconds tell us most of what we need to know: a wash of gentle synths, semi¬acoustic guitar,...

Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Cumbia Cumbia

Cumbia Cumbia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Circuit – to be released in April

Rating: ★★★

This album invites the question: do we need to recycle the already recycled? The tip-top material here of ever-popular cumbia...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Caricias

Caricias

Katja Šulc

Casete Mexico

Rating: ★★★

Slovenian singer-songwriter Katja Šulc’s career began in 2008 with a homage to Mila Kačič, a poet celebrated in her homeland,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2021

Review of Consciente y Positiva

Consciente y Positiva

Paco Mendoza

Chusma Records

Rating: ★★★

If there was ever an artistwho encompassed the whole global reach of cumbia music, Paco Mendoza would be it. Born...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2011

Review of Every Mortal Place

Every Mortal Place

John Kirkpatrick

Fledg’ling Records

Rating: ★★★★

For 40 years, the great English squeezebox player, singer and Morris dancer, John Kirkpatrick, has lived in Shropshire. Every Mortal...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Tiganeasca

Tiganeasca

Les Yeux Noirs

Zig Zag

Rating: ★★★

French Gypsy band Les Yeux Noirs take their name from a Django Reinhardt tune. They formed around fiddlers and singers...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2011

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