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Review of Variācijas

Variācijas

Lata Donga

CPL Music

Rating: ★★★★

At the core of the Latvian group Lata Donga are four singers from a single family who can be heard...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Anchoress

Anchoress

Anna Tam

Tam Records

Rating: ★★★

Where the world of early music meets traditional folk is where you'll find the likes of Wilde Roses and Mediaeval...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2021

Review of Oud Vibrations

Oud Vibrations

Ahmed Abdul Malik & Chick Ganimian

Fingertips

Rating: ★★★★

At first glance this punning titled reissue of two rare ‘East meets West’ jazz LPs from the late 1950s may...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Sweet Visitor

Sweet Visitor

Nancy Kerr

Little Dish Records

Rating: ★★★★

She's got a pedigree going back to two superb albums with Eliza Carthy in the early 90s, and with partner...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Manushan

Manushan

Aïda & Babak

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★

Manushan is named after a legendary mountain in Iran near the Caspian Sea where, according to folklore, nomadic Gypsies from...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: August/2017

Review of Crossover

Crossover

Emma Donovan & The Putbacks

Hope Street Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

A mainstay of the Australian indigenous music scene over the last 20 years, singer Emma Donovan grew up in a...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2021

Review of The Rough Guide to the Best Japanese Music You’ve Never Heard

The Rough Guide to the Best Japanese Music You’ve Never Heard

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★★

Despite the slightly misleading title – many of the artists here are well known in world music circles outside Japan...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: October/2021

Review of Esteesee

Esteesee

Ange Hardy

Story Records

Rating: ★★★★

Samuel Taylor Coleridge is one of the greats of English literature – a founding poet of 19th-century Romanticism. Apparently he...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2016

Review of Tamam Morning

Tamam Morning

Toine Thys Overseas

Igloo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Belgian saxophonist Thys has assembled a beautifully balanced quintet for an uplifting fusion of European jazz and Middle-Eastern modes. The...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2021

Review of This is Tehran?

This is Tehran?

VARIOUS ARTISTS

30M

Rating: ★★★★

Getting their music heard outside of Iran can be tricky for artists working in the oppressive environment enforced by the...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2021

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