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Review of African Tree

African Tree

Marcelo Andrade

Ourland Records

Rating: ★★

I wish I could say that this album lives up to the artist’s laudable idea of planting 500 trees in...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2013

Review of Origem

Origem

Luiz Murá

Luiz Murá

Rating: ★★

Luiz Murá is a diverse musician. He sings in Portuguese, Japanese, English and Italian, performs samba, bossa nova or any...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2020

Review of The Light of the Moon

The Light of the Moon

Gnoss

Blackfly Records

Rating: ★★★★

Forged in Orkney in 2015 by Aidan Moodie (vocals and acoustic guitar) and Graham Rorie (fiddle and mandolin), and with...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2021

Review of Japanistan

Japanistan

Kengo Saito

Lokanga

Rating: ★★★★

This recording by Paris-based instrumentalist Kengo Saito appears to occupy a niche of one, being a cross-section of music from...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Bituca – The Definitive Collection

Bituca – The Definitive Collection

Milton Nascimento

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★

Definitive collections inevitably upset someone, and any attempt to sum up Milton Nascimento’s 45-year career in two CDs will be...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2012

Review of Up From The Deep

Up From The Deep

Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts

GR! Records

Rating: ★★★

Nominated for a BBC Horizon Award for best new act in 2010, and both graduates of the Leeds College of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of The Lost Tapes

The Lost Tapes

Owiny Sigoma Band

Top of the World

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

The Lost Tapes is the fourth album from the Owiny Sigoma Band and sadly it celebrates the end of the...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2022

Review of Time of the Skeleton Lords

Time of the Skeleton Lords

Tashi Lhunpo Monks

30ips

Rating: ★★★★

The monastery of Tashi Lhunpo, seat of the Panchen Lama (second only to the Dalai Lama), is probably the most...

Reviewed by Mark Trewin in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of The Rough Guide to Bollywood

The Rough Guide to Bollywood

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

This compilation could just as easily be called The Genius of Rahul Dev Burman. No fewer than nine of the...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2011

Review of Diversions Vol 3: Songs from the Shipyards

Diversions Vol 3: Songs from the Shipyards

The Unthanks

RabbleRouser Music

Rating: ★★★★

In a remarkably prolific year for The Unthanks, this album follows hard on the heels of their mighty collaboration with...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

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