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Review of Carta a mi Amada

Carta a mi Amada

Encuentro Tango Quintet

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

The ultimate world music, tango had crossed the globe many decades before any such phrase was coined. It is a...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2018

Review of Life as Is

Life as Is

Issam Rafea & Gao Hong

Innova Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Themes of uncertainty and impermanence run deep throughout this album, itself a product of an unlikely chance encounter between Syrian...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Where’s the One?

Where’s the One?

Congotronics International

Top of the World

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★★

Kinshasa’s Congotronic axis meet chosen international artists and create an epic, euphoric mash-up celebrating the tenth anniversary of a historic...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: June/2022

Review of Number One Bus

Number One Bus

Nuru Kane

Top of the World

Iris 3002012

Rating: ★★★★

Dressed in griot-chic and wielding his gimbri like a Fender Stratocaster, Nuru Kane comes on like a trans-Saharan cross between...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010

Review of One for the Pot

One for the Pot

The Teacups

Haystack Records

Rating: ★★★★

All music begins with the human voice, and The Teacups’ success is borne out of their trust in a pure...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Humanity is Falling Apart

Humanity is Falling Apart

Moh Alileche

Flag of Freedom

Rating: ★★

For better or worse, the ominous title of this new album by Moh Alileche is not borne out by the...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of More Than One

More Than One

The Idumea Quartet

Penny Fiddle Records

Rating: ★★★★

From the very beginning of this album it is apparent that we are dealing with musicians as equally well-versed in...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2020

Review of One for the Road

One for the Road

Session A9

RAJ Records

Rating: ★★★

Session A9 are made up of road veterans of Capercaillie, Peatbog Faeries, Boys of the Lough and Fiddlers’ Bid. You...

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

Review of Studio One Showcase

Studio One Showcase

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soul Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Clement Dodd (1932-2004), founder of Studio One, pioneer of the Kingston sound systems, master producer and talent scout, recorded more...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2016

Review of Un Çhengey: One Tongue

Un Çhengey: One Tongue

Aon Teanga

Watercolour Music

Rating: ★★★

One Tongue melds three voices from three different Celtic song traditions – Scottish, Irish and Manx Gaels. Ruth Keggin is...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016

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