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Review of Sons da Terra Vol 1

Sons da Terra Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Wapapura

Rating: ★★★

This is a beautiful collection of live performances in the Monasterio de Santa Cristina in the Ribeiro Sacra region of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2017

Review of Year of the Funky

Year of the Funky

Bei Bei & Shawn Lee

Legere Recordings

Rating: ★★

The talented young guzheng player Bei Bei has teamed up, for her sophomore effort, with a very experienced producer and...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: August/2017

Review of Sobre Noites e Dias

Sobre Noites e Dias

Lucas Santtana

No Format!

Rating: ★★★★

After a series of albums that dealt with specific themes and textures, such as dub or baile funk, Lucas Santtana...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2015

Review of Faso Denou

Faso Denou

Farafina | King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal I | Omar Pene & Super Diamono | Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila | SE Rogie | The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar

Real World

Rating: ★★★

The rustic Wiltshire village of Box in the Cotswolds could hardly be more quintessentially English. The Rev W Awdry, who...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Kill Me or Negotiate

Kill Me or Negotiate

Simo Cell & Abdullah Miniawy

BFDM

Rating: ★★★★

Egyptian vocalist and trumpeter Abdullah Miniawy and French electronicist Simo Cell have been collaborating for just over two years, tinkering...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2021

Review of Coxsone's Music

Coxsone's Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soul Jazz (3 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

Record producer Coxsone Dodd found fame through his legendary Studio One, which gave a big break to such names as...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: April/2016

Review of Kasahwa: Early Singles

Kasahwa: Early Singles

Stella Chiweshe

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

An integral part of the chimurenga revolution spearheaded by Thomas Mapfumo during Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, Stella Chiweshe recorded these eight...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2018

Review of Pendulum

Pendulum

Morgan O’Kane

Morgan O’Kane

Rating: ★★★

Virginian banjo player, singer, and songwriter Morgan O’Kane has delivered a powerful punch of a second album. Many of the...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Eusebio

Eusebio

Giulia y Los Tellarini

Maik Maier CDMM01

Rating: ★

Two years ago the Italian singer Giulia Tellarini and her chums were among the multi-national swarms of tourists strumming guitars...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010

Review of Hunter's Moon

Hunter's Moon

Calum Stewart & Heikki Bourgault

Calum Stewart & Heikki Bourgault

Rating: ★★★★

Calum Stewart and Heikki Bourgault's own website refers to this excellent effort as if it's the pair's second collaborative album,...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Apr/May/2014

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