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Review of Ladilikan

Ladilikan

Trio da Kali & Kronos Quartet

World Circuit

Rating: ★★★★★

This album is a sublime meeting of two superb chamber groups. On the one hand there is San Francisco's string...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2017

Review of Suburban Exotica

Suburban Exotica

Compro Oro

Sdban Records

Rating: ★★

Suburban Exotica is the new album from the ‘Belgian-new-wave’ jazz collective Compro Oro. The group display a myriad of influences...

Reviewed by Marek Tymków in issue: March/2020

Review of Gallipoli

Gallipoli

Beirut

4AD Records

Rating: ★★★

The fifth album by Beirut, the musical vehicle of indie songsmith and world music enthusiast Zach Condon, certainly occupies an...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2019

Review of Banish Air from Air

Banish Air from Air

Ben Walker

Folkroom Records

Rating: ★★★

Award-winning guitarist Ben Walker has gathered an ensemble cast of collaborators for this, his second album. The dreamy opening title-track...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2023

Review of E Voce di u Comune: Corsica Chants Polyphoniques

E Voce di u Comune: Corsica Chants Polyphoniques

Various Artists

Harmonia Mundi HMA 1951256

Rating: ★★★★

Showcasing a rich vein of Corsican tradition, this reissue disc of a 1987 release is a generous sampler of the...

Reviewed by Helen Neve in issue: June/2010

Review of Kwetu

Kwetu

Fadhilee Itulya

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★★

This is the debut from an extremely versatile singer and guitarist from Kenya. Fadhilee Itulya's music is a modern fusion...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2020

Review of Disco at the Tavern

Disco at the Tavern

The Demon Barbers

Demon Barbers

Rating: ★★★

Celebrating 15 years of East Anglian hell-raising, this is a barnstorming set of tracks that deliver the trademark mix of...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2015

Review of Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars

Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars

Yorkston/Thorne/Khan

Domino Records

Rating: ★★★

Last year the sarangi player Suhail Yusuf Khan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist James Yorkston and double bass player Jon Thorne...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2017

Review of Beránci a Vlci

Beránci a Vlci

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Indies Scope

Rating: ★★★

This ambitious recording originates in a show put on at the Folk Holidays Festival in the Czech Republic. It brings...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2018

Review of Nordic Choro II

Nordic Choro II

Nordic Choro

Zebo Records

Rating: ★★★

The established link between Finland and South American music is tango, which was brought north over 100 years ago. Nordic...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2016

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