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Review of Africamore – The Afro-Funk Side of Italy (1973-1978)

Africamore – The Afro-Funk Side of Italy (1973-1978)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Four Flies Records

Rating: ★★

While it’s possible to sleep on nylon sheets, you’d really rather not. Similarly, the experience of listening to the synthetic...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2024

Review of Tall Fiddler

Tall Fiddler

Michael Cleveland

Top of the World

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★★

There is a temptation for top-level bluegrass musicians to make pretentious, over-complicated fusion albums. This is not one of those....

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2020

Review of Trees of Light

Trees of Light

Anders Jormin

ECM Records

Rating: ★★

Swedish jazz-bassist Jormin here teams up once again with the highly distinctive voice of Lena Willemark, as they did on...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Stundai

Stundai

Liguriani

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

The well-rounded Liguriani have established themselves as one of the most remarkable voices in traditional music to recently come out...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2015

Review of Rebel Tumbao

Rebel Tumbao

Rebel Tumbao

Sacred Rhythm Music

Rating: ★★

Veteran New York percussionist José Claussell has teamed up with keyboardist Matt Jenson to spearhead a 12-piece band, with Toussaint...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2015

Review of Tülay German & François Rabbath

Tülay German & François Rabbath

Tülay German & François Rabbath

Zehra

Rating: ★★★

Vocalist Tülay German cut her teeth as a jazz singer in Istanbul nightclubs in the early 60s before bursting onto...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021

Review of Bahaghari

Bahaghari

Lea Salonga

GLP Music

Rating: ★★★

Broadway star Lea Salonga is one of the most famous singers in the Philippines. To showcase the incredible diversity of...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: March/2018

Review of Kartushnik

Kartushnik

Klezmofobia

Tiger Records

Rating: ★★★

Klezmofobia are a Copenhagen-based band founded by clarinettist Bjarke Kolerus and fronted by singer Channe Nussbaum. Their debut album sold...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of On Love and Science

On Love and Science

Zulya and the Children of the Underground

Zulya Kamalova

Rating: ★★★★

Zulya Kamalova, an Australian singer and exponent of Tatar and Russian music, and her band of maestros have teamed up...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2017

Review of Half Day Road

Half Day Road

Liz Carroll & Jake Charron

Liz Carroll

Rating: ★★★★

Not for nothing is Liz Carroll routinely referred to as a fiddler-composer, because almost immediately after they're written, the Chicago-born...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: July/2019

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