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Review of Alazhymny/My Alash

Alazhymny/My Alash

Oorzhak Khunashtaar-ool

Pan Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This release is essential for fans of Tyvan throat singing. It features unique archive field recordings made in Tyva from...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2022

Review of Acid Folk

Acid Folk

Yonder Boys

Blue Whale Records

Rating: ★★★

Like other acid folk bands, Yonder Boys sound like they stepped back into the future. A polyglot trio based in...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2021

Review of Sons da Terra Vol 1

Sons da Terra Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Wapapura

Rating: ★★★

This is a beautiful collection of live performances in the Monasterio de Santa Cristina in the Ribeiro Sacra region of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2017

Review of Le Chant Khyal ou l'Art de l'Imagination

Le Chant Khyal ou l'Art de l'Imagination

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande

Inédit

Rating: ★★★

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande is currently one of the leading female artists of North Indian classical vocal music specialising in the genre...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: April/2021

Review of Mouasalat Ila Jacad el Ard

Mouasalat Ila Jacad el Ard

Issam Hajali

Habibi Funk Records

Rating: ★★★★

Largely unknown outside a small group of Arabic record collectors, Lebanese artist Issam Hajali's debut is finally getting the release...

Reviewed by Shukri Habib Ali in issue: March/2020

Review of Open the Gate of Zion

Open the Gate of Zion

The Ethiopian

Jamaican Art Records

Rating: ★★★★

After recording solo ska singles at Studio One, Leonard Dillon formed The Ethiopians harmony trio in the rock steady era...

Reviewed by David Katz in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Raza

Raza

Darshan

Chant Records

Rating: ★★★

Darshan are a duo from New York who fuse grooves inspired by Jewish culture with gritty rap. Their album, Raza,...

Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: June/2018

Review of Keys to Friendship

Keys to Friendship

Aeham Ahmad meets Edgar Knecht

O-Tone Music

Rating: ★★★

This is an album with quite a story behind it. The Syrian musician Aeham Ahmad played piano in the refugee...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: June/2018

Review of Run Kitty Run

Run Kitty Run

The Bombay Royale

HopeStreet Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Big, brassy, bold and Bollywood, The Bombay Royale do not hold back. Run Kitty Run, the Melbourne 11-piece's third studio...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2018

Review of Early Years: Madagascar Cassette Archives

Early Years: Madagascar Cassette Archives

Damily

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★

Jazz had Miles Davis, rock had Jimi Hendrix, and tsapiky – the frantic, guitar-driven music from Toliara, Madagascar – has...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: June/2020

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