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Review of En Couleurs

En Couleurs

Feufollet

Top of the World

Feufollet Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The Louisianan twenty-somethings in Feufollet were raised on Cajun music, and have showcased their respect for tradition and their considerable...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Proper Records (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★★

This year’s Radio 2 Folk Awards night at the Royal Albert Hall featured some priceless moments: a duet between Martin...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2014

Review of Stopy

Stopy

Michal Noga Band

Michal Noga Band

Rating: ★★★★★

In the last decades, the living folk traditions of Eastern Europe have changed from traditional to revival. The Michal Noga...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2020

Review of Luuma

Luuma

Sahad | Sahad & the Nataal Patchwork

Sahad Music

Rating: ★★★★

Five years after his self-assured debut album (reviewed in July 2017, #129), Senegalese singer Sahad Sarr returns with a hybrid...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: June/2022

Review of Dream Theory in Malaya: Fourth World Vol Two

Dream Theory in Malaya: Fourth World Vol Two

Jon Hassell

tak:til

Rating: ★★★★

Originally released in 1981, a few years ahead of Hector Zazou's fascinating early forays into electronic-meets-world-music explorations and Brian Eno's...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2017

Review of Mi Camino Flamenco

Mi Camino Flamenco

Paco El Lobo

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

This is pretty much a solo disc: the versatile Paco ‘El Lobo’ (The Wolf) sings, plays guitar, pummels cajón percussion...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Dingue Marrow

Dingue Marrow

Mohsen Sharifian and Lian Music Band

Honar Shahr

Rating: ★★★

A recent trend among popular musicians in Iran has been the creation of fusions of various kinds, including mixing traditional...

Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: May/2016

Review of The Rough Guide to Arabic Lounge

The Rough Guide to Arabic Lounge

VARIOUS

World Music Network RGNET1230CD

Rating: ★★★

Lounge – it's a tricky old concept. ‘Mood music that evoked exotic elsewheres’ is how the liner notes define its...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2010

Review of Nicola Conte presents Viagem 3

Nicola Conte presents Viagem 3

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Far Out Records

Rating: ★★★★

For mere mortals, compiling three volumes of obscure Brazilian bossa nova and jazz rarities would be a real challenge. However,...

Reviewed by DJ Cliffy in issue: June/2011

Review of Boukane

Boukane

Lolomis

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

This is the second album from the quartet Lolomis, featuring a line-up of vocals, flutes, harp and drums, although there's...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2017

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