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Review of Nun te Vutà

Nun te Vutà

Newpoli

Beartones Records

Rating: ★★★

Nun te Vutà (Don’t Turn Back) is the fourth recording by a brilliant outfit of north-eastern US residents, four of...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of The Adventures of Prince Ahmed

The Adventures of Prince Ahmed

The Khoury Project

Institut du Monde Arabe

Rating: ★★★★★

This CD/DVD combination is absolutely brilliant, not least for the restoration of this ground-breaking animated film by the German Film...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2013

Review of El Fabuloso Sonido De Andrés Vargas Pinedo

El Fabuloso Sonido De Andrés Vargas Pinedo

Andrés Vargas Pinedo

Buh Records

Rating: ★★★

The Peruvian Amazon was a hotbed of music in the 60s and 70s, but this collection makes it clear that...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2021

Review of NO VISA

NO VISA

Captain Planet

Bastard Jazz Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Globe-trotting producer Captain Planet calls his personal style ‘gumbo funk’ – all manner of flavours brought together and bubbled into...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2020

Review of Kişlar Lâl Oldu (Winter Has Fallen Silent)

Kişlar Lâl Oldu (Winter Has Fallen Silent)

Mehmet Evren Hacıoğlu

Acoustic Music Records

Rating: ★★★

The strange couple at the heart of this recording is that of Hacıoğlu's silky tenor singing voice, and the divan...

Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: June/2017

Review of Serenity

Serenity

Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan & Party

Felmay FY 8146

Rating: ★★★

The shehnai (a double-reed wind instrument) has one of the richest and most mournful sounds in Indian music, but it’s...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of AsFar

AsFar

Le Trio Joubran

Top of the World

World Village

Rating: ★★★★★

Whilst the three Joubran brothers from Nazareth have established themselves as one of the most innovative groups to come out...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of Tongues

Tongues

Tanya Tagaq

Top of the World

Six Shooter Records

Rating: ★★★★

One can never be fully prepared before entering Tanya Tagaq’s latest creation Tongues. Bold and experimental, the album is a...

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: April/2022

Review of Nha Sunhu

Nha Sunhu

Eneida Marta

Uguru Records

Rating: ★★★★

Think of the music of Guinea-Bissau, and the artists that spring to mind are probably men: Ernesto Dabo, Justino Delgado...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2016

Review of Chewing the Fat

Chewing the Fat

James Patrick Gavin

Sleight of Hand Records

Rating: ★★★

There are ambitious debut albums and there is Chewing the Fat. In this first solo record, London-based Irish violinist James...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2018

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