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Review of Black Smoke

Black Smoke

Emily Wurramara

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Born on remote Groote Eylandt, the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off coastal Arnhem Land, Emily Wurramara's family...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2016

Review of A Moving Sound

A Moving Sound

A Moving Sound

Motéma Music

Rating: ★★★

Founded by Taiwanese singer Mia Hsieh and American musician Scott Prairie, A Moving Sound draw on a rich history, offering...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2012

Review of Piazzolla 2021

Piazzolla 2021

Louise Jallu

Klarthe Records

Rating: ★★★

French prodigy Louise Jallu took an interest in tango when she was five and has been playing virtuoso bandoneón since...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2021

Review of Mbalimaou

Mbalimaou

Boubacar Traoré

Top of the World

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★★

The first album in four years from this much-loved Malian singer and guitarist finds him on fairly familiar ground, but...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: March/2015

Review of UMBRAL

UMBRAL

Sofia Rei

Top of the World

Cascabelera Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Sofia Rei is an Argentinian singer, songwriter and producer whose fearless experimentation takes you to untold musical heights. Her fifth...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: November/2021

Review of The Tokyo Concert

The Tokyo Concert

Astor Piazzolla

Milan

Rating: ★★★★

This stunning live album of Astor Piazzolla was recorded at Tokyo’s Shibuya Kokaido theatre on November 21, 1982, at the...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2012

Review of Chants of India

Chants of India

Ravi Shankar | Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar Khan

HariSongs DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

HariSongs is a new label set up to re-release some of the music in the family archive of the late...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Tambours Croisés: Chapter Two

Tambours Croisés: Chapter Two

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

This album comes, frustratingly, with very poor liner notes, which is infuriating as this CD is very good indeed. What...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016

Review of Thempest in a Theapot

Thempest in a Theapot

Tuulikki Bartosik

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

I would love to go on a long, long walk with Tuulikki Bartosik, gently humming as the leaves rustle underfoot,...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2020

Review of Through That Sound (My Secret Was Made Known)

Through That Sound (My Secret Was Made Known)

Eliza Carthy and Ben Seal

Hem Hem Records

Rating: ★★★★

A seagull's head on dancer's legs – not at all disturbing or Hieronymous Bosch-like – is artist Kirsty Whiten's cover...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2020

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