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Review of Solo

Solo

Sarah-Jane Summers

Dell Daisy Records

Rating: ★★★★

In instrumental folk, it's rare that a solo album is actually a solo album. An album of ‘solo fiddle’ will...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2018

Review of The Conversation

The Conversation

Pete's Posse

Epact Music

Rating: ★★★

The generous amount of music offered on The Conversation by Pete's Posse may not get you much closer to identifying...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Amerli: Refugees for Refugees

Amerli: Refugees for Refugees

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Muziekpublique

Rating: ★★★

Muziekpublique is a non-profit organisation based in Brussels that seeks to bring together musicians from different cultures now resident in...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2016

Review of OK OK OK

OK OK OK

Gilberto Gil

Geléia Geral

Rating: ★★★★

Having released 60 albums since 1967, Afro-Brazilian legend Gilberto Gil shows no sign of slowing down with his latest project,...

Reviewed by Julia Baker in issue: March/2019

Review of Changeling

Changeling

Rachel Newton

Top of the World

Shadow Records

Rating: ★★★★

Rachel Newton is nothing if not busy – a member of The Shee, the Emily Portman Trio, the Furrow Collective...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2014

Review of Mazaher

Mazaher

Mazaher

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★★

Zar is a ceremony found in various forms across north-east Africa and beyond that involves communicating with and pacifying spirits...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2020

Review of Days Distinctive

Days Distinctive

Attab Haddad Ensemble

Weave Records

Rating: ★★★

It may be coincidence, or an emerging anthropological trend, but this is the third CD to have been released in...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Doce Milongas de Amor y un Tango Desesperado

Doce Milongas de Amor y un Tango Desesperado

Delfina Cheb

Casa Limón

Rating: ★★

Sometimes it’s hard to hear a song for the first time. That’s certainly the case for me with Delfina Cheb’s...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2020

Review of The Rough Guide to Cape Jazz

The Rough Guide to Cape Jazz

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

The term ‘Cape jazz’ was apparently first used as recently as 1993 as the title of a compilation album on...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2021

Review of Kerlaveo

Kerlaveo

Kerlaveo

Hirustica

Rating: ★★★

Sometimes fusion that encompasses more than two tactfully chosen styles can be a mildly annoying barrage of tracks that yell,...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: March/2019

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