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Review of Raices en Viaje: Roots en Route

Raices en Viaje: Roots en Route

Proyecto Evocación

Spherical Records SPR 002

Rating: ★★★

The Festival del Caribe in Santiago de Cuba in July often gives rise to unexpected en¬counters. 2009 saw a unique...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: October/2010

Review of Serenata

Serenata

Zé Luis

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★

In her most talismanic song, ‘Sodade, the late Cesaria Evora forever defined the pain of separation experienced by a generation...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Vox.Infold

Vox.Infold

Ruby Singh

Killbeat Music

Rating: ★★★★

Ruby Singh is a Canadian musician, composer, filmmaker and sound designer fascinated with mythos, memory, identity and fantasy. He works...

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: May/2022

Review of Year of the Clown

Year of the Clown

3 Daft Monkeys

3 Daft Monkeys

Rating: ★★★

The album's title is a whimsical comment on the political lunacy of the past year and there is certainly an...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/2017

Review of Skiver

Skiver

Folkatron Sessions

Upcycled Sound Records

Rating: ★★★

These sessions – ‘eight musicians, seven days, one experimental folk album from scratch’ – feature a welcomely eclectic mix of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2021

Review of Echoes of Indus

Echoes of Indus

Ashraf Sharif Khan Poonchwala

Fuuse Mousiqi

Rating: ★★★★

While Pakistan has undoubtedly given the world some outstanding classical vocalists, Pakistani instrumentalists have, by and large, remained in obscurity...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2013

Review of River Waiting

River Waiting

Connla

Connla Music

Rating: ★★★★

If last year's self-titled four-track teaser from Northern Ireland quintet Connla introduced an outfit of promise, their debut long-player confirms...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2016

Review of Camaleão Borboleta

Camaleão Borboleta

Graveola

Mais Um Discos

Rating: ★★★

With 12 years behind them and half a dozen albums and EPs to their name, Graveola are one of the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2016

Review of It's Klezmer!

It's Klezmer!

You Shouldn’t Know From It

Danzone

Rating: ★★★

The title says it all really. This is a solid collection of traditional tunes with a handful of originals, including...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2016

Review of Meridian 68

Meridian 68

Dagadana

Karrot Kommando Records

Rating: ★★★★

We are getting used to wild and wonderful global collaborations. But this must still be a first; a Polish-Ukrainian band...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

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