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Review of Oriental Winds of the Baroque

Oriental Winds of the Baroque

Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Nils Økland, Elizabeth Holmertz, Kouame Sereba & Jésus Fernández Baena

Simax Classics

Rating: ★★

There can be no doubting the ambition of Norwegian saxophonist Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and his ensemble on this release. In the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2019

Review of Travelers

Travelers

Dosti Music Project

Found Sound Nation Inc

Rating: ★★★

Three years ago, the Brooklyn-based artist collective Found Sound Nation and the US embassy in Islamabad collaborated to launch the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2017

Review of France, Gascony: The Bagpipes of the Moorlands

France, Gascony: The Bagpipes of the Moorlands

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★★

The Gascony moorlands, a region of flat, isolated, humid grassland stretching from Bordeaux down to the start of the Basque...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: October/2018

Review of Amataga

Amataga

Te Vaka

Warm Earth Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's heartening that this multi-ethnic Polynesian fusion family band, headed by Opetaia Foa’i is, on this evidence, still going strong...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Bondona

Bondona

Khiyo

Top of the World

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

On the strength of their 2015 debut album Khiyo were nominees in the best group category at the Songlines Music...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2022

Review of Leaves That Fly

Leaves That Fly

Kim Richards

Self Released

Rating: ★★★

Leaves That Fly is the debut album from Glasgow-based Kim Richards and a beautiful and heartfelt release it is too....

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2019

Review of Long Time… Seldom Scene

Long Time… Seldom Scene

The Seldom Scene

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★

After four decades, The Seldom Scene is a band showing no signs of wavering enthusiasm or wandering from their chosen...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Sertão do Mar

Sertão do Mar

Bel Air de Forro

Madame Bobage

Rating: ★★★

When Brazilian singer Mariana Caetano moved to France in 2004, she already carried a profound love for the music from...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2019

Review of Seven Sisters

Seven Sisters

Don Kipper

Top of the World

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Mediterranean Sea occupies a unique place geographically, historically and culturally. Currently it is an arena for some of the...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Lúnasa with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Lúnasa with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Lúnasa with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Lúnasa Records

Rating: ★★★★

Irish national broadcaster RTÉ has a versatile Concert Orchestra that has made something of a happy habit of venturing into...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

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