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Review of Yallah Mickey Mouse

Yallah Mickey Mouse

Cyril Cyril

Born Bad Records

Rating: ★★★

Cyril Yeterian (better known as the accordion playing frontman for Cajun blues band Mama Rosin) and fellow Genevan avant-garde experimentalist...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: January/2021

Review of Tzadik TZ8115

Tzadik TZ8115

Boris Malkovsky Time Petah-Tiqva

Full Price

Rating: ★★★★

Boris Malkovsky is a Russian-trained Israeli master of the bayan (diatonic button accordion) and from the very first bars of...

Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Finesse

Finesse

Evan Christopher’s Django à la Créole

Frémeaux & Associés FA527

Rating: ★★

Evan Christopher is one of the US’s foremost young jazz musicians. Resident in New Orleans, he has worked with musicians...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2010

Review of Siti of Unguja: Romance Revolution on Zanzibar

Siti of Unguja: Romance Revolution on Zanzibar

Siti Muharam

Top of the World

OnTheCorner

Rating: ★★★★★

Siti Muharam is the greatgranddaughter of Siti Binti Saad, the woman who turned taarab from the inaccessible music of the...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020

Review of Tebourba

Tebourba

Fanfara Station

Agualoca Records

Rating: ★★★

Fanfara Station may sound like the name of one of the Balkan brass bands they so clearly admire, but in...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2018

Review of Mo Ashibi Magic: Live in Tokyo 1999

Mo Ashibi Magic: Live in Tokyo 1999

Takashi Hirayasu & Bob Brozman

Respect Records

Rating: ★★★★

Okinawan singer, guitarist and sanshin player Takashi Hirayasu and world music nomad Bob Brozman came together in 1999 to record...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Calle Gitana

Calle Gitana

Lucas Romero

Milan Records

Rating: ★★★

Lucas Romero is a member of Gitano Family, a Spanish band based in Arles, Provence, whose 2005 Spring Hill release...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/2017

Review of Songs for the Voiceless

Songs for the Voiceless

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Haystack Records

Rating: ★★★

During World War I, the officer class attempted to suppress the marching song ‘If You Want to See the General’,...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Sol Aurorae

Sol Aurorae

Vassilis Philippou

Vassilis Philippou

Rating: ★★★★

Here Cypriot vocalist and percussionist Vassilis Philippou has put together an excellent first album, embedded firmly in the traditions of...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2021

Review of Take Yo Time

Take Yo Time

Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons

Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons

Rating: ★★★★

Take Yo Time is the first duo album from Ben Hunter (fiddle, vocals) and Joe Seamons (banjo, guitar, vocals) produced...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2015

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