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Review of Parampara Festival 13.3.1992

Parampara Festival 13.3.1992

Amelia Cuni

Black Truffle

Rating: ★★★★

Held in Berlin in 1992, Parampara Festival brought together Indian teachers and their international students to showcase the global spread...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/February/2022

Review of The Beautiful Old: Turn of the Century Songs

The Beautiful Old: Turn of the Century Songs

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Doubloon Records

Rating: ★★★★

Conceived by producers Paul Marsteller and Gabe Rhodes, The Beautiful Old, has a truly beautiful concept: to breathe back to...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013

Review of Round #1

Round #1

Boxing Banjo

Boxing Banjo

Rating: ★★★

Boxing Banjo's debut on disc arrives trailing competition glory for the County Mayo quartet, who together have amassed more than...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2018

Review of Cohesion

Cohesion

Anchorsong

Tru Thoughts

Rating: ★★★

The third full-length offering from London-based producer Masaaki Yoshida sees him turn his hand to material inspired by Bollywood soundtracks...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2018

Review of Never Let Me Cross Your Mind

Never Let Me Cross Your Mind

Locust Honey String Band

Locust Honey String Band

Rating: ★★★★

Rip-roaring old-time music, with a few country surprises. This all-female ensemble tag their repertoire as ‘heart-breakin’ country harmonies and raging...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Nacarile

Nacarile

iLe

Sony Music Latin

Rating: ★★★

‘I was confused and lost, but at the same time, songs kept coming out of me. I kept writing,’ says...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2022

Review of Beginner’s Guide to Africa

Beginner’s Guide to Africa

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nascente

Rating: ★★★

These kind of compilations, which seek to present what the box describes as ‘the best of African music, past, present...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Kiriké

Kiriké

Kassé Mady Diabaté

Top of the World

No Format!

Rating: ★★★★★

Over his long career, Kassé Mady Diabaté has been part of the fusion projects Songhai and AfroCubism, he has sung...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Carry Fire

Carry Fire

Robert Plant

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

The follow-up to 2014's Lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar is hardly a world music album in any conventional sense. But...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2017

Review of Five Albums

Five Albums

Natacha Atlas

Beggars Archive

Rating: ★★★★★

In recent years Natacha Atlas has significantly changed musical direction and now stands on the threshold of venerable diva status....

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

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