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Review of Tempo & Magma

Tempo & Magma

Tiganá Santana

Ajabu! (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

The good news for anyone captivated by Tiganá Santana's exquisite The Invention of Colour is that his new release picks...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2015

Review of Oud Classics from Armenia, the Balkans & Middle East

Oud Classics from Armenia, the Balkans & Middle East

Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

If you are someone who is slightly unsure about Middle Eastern music but would like to dip your toe into...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: May/2020

Review of Kon Koma

Kon Koma

Kon Koma

Soundway

Rating: ★★★★

Ghanaians Alfred ‘Kari’ Bannerman and Emmanuel Rentzos have long been mainstays of the UK African scene. Guitar virtuoso Bannerman has...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Wild Goats & Unmarried Women

Wild Goats & Unmarried Women

She’Koyokh

Top of the World

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★★

She’Koyokh have carved out a reputation as one of the UK’s brightest world music bands. These young Londoners effortlessly blend...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2014

Review of Emmaar

Emmaar

Tinariwen

V2 Records

Rating: ★★★

Those who saw Tinariwen at the Songlines Music Awards 2012 Winners’ Concert at the Barbican at the end of 2012...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2014

Review of Kaybola

Kaybola

Islandman

Music for Dreams

Rating: ★★★★

Kaybola means something like ‘Let's Get Lost’ in Turkish. It is the second album by Istanbul trio Islandman. The idea...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2020

Review of Some People I Know

Some People I Know

The Brother Brothers

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★

It should perhaps come as no surprise that Brooklyn-based identical twins Adam and David Moss, who both have their own...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2019

Review of Çocuk Hakli

Çocuk Hakli

Kardes Türküler

Kalan

Rating: ★★★★

Founded in 1993 within Bosphorus University, Kardes Türküler are one of the flagships of Turkish folk. 2008 saw the publication...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of From Another World: A Tribute to Bob Dylan

From Another World: A Tribute to Bob Dylan

Various Artists

Top of the World

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

Great songs are like good bones – you can hang anything on them. What excites most about this collection of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Who He?

Who He?

Ian Carr & The Various Artists

Reveal Records

Rating: ★★★

Carr is considered by many fellow musicians to be the most original guitarist on the block and is cited by...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2015

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