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Review of The Wait

The Wait

Vika & Linda

Bloodlines Music

Rating: ★★★★

Staples on the Australian music scene since the 1980s, when they were prominently featured in The Black Sorrows band, Aussie-Tongan...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2022

Review of I've Forgotten Now Who I Used to Be

I've Forgotten Now Who I Used to Be

Witch Camp

Six Degrees

Rating: ★★★

The producer Ian Brennan has for some years been on a mission to give a platform to the voices of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2021

Review of Down in Washington Square

Down in Washington Square

Dave Van Ronk

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★

A seminal figure in the American folk renaissance of the late 1950s and early 60s, Dave Van Ronk was a...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2014

Review of Anda

Anda

Melingo

World Village

Rating: ★★★

Talent is sometimes about spotting an opening. After serving as saxophonist for Argentinian 70s legend Charly García and 80s new...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2016

Review of Island Songs

Island Songs

Ólafur Arnalds

Mercury KX

Rating: ★★★

Island Songs is the latest project from BAFTA-winning Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. It sees him travelling to seven different towns...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2017

Review of Apollo You Sixteen

Apollo You Sixteen

Karim Baggili

Take the Bus

Rating: ★★★★

‘Progressive world music’ is how this Belgium-based 40-year-old autodidact describes his latest album, which fuses flamenco with folk, garage, classical...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Where the Galleon Sank

Where the Galleon Sank

Kobo Town

Stonetree Records

Rating: ★★★

Canadian calypso singer Drew Gonsalves’ latest Kobo Town album reflects a deepening love of Trinidad and Tobago's music and culture....

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: June/2018

Review of Zando Ya Makambo

Zando Ya Makambo

Richard Kasongo

Prosmart

Rating: ★★★

This is the latest in a series of releases from London studio Pro Smart under the direction of Congolese musician...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2020

Review of L'Oiseau du Ciel

L'Oiseau du Ciel

Jeannot Bel

Prosmart Studio

Rating: ★★

Congolese music has for many years been struggling to re-establish its position as one of the most potent of contemporary...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2017

Review of Komia

Komia

Puhti

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

In the old Karelian culture of Finland, illatsus are festive evenings that combine music and dance. The Finnish duo Puhti,...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

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