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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

Review of Harponium

Harponium

Catriona McKay

Glimster Records

Rating: ★★★

Scottish harper Catriona McKay says that with her latest album she is ‘fusing the timbres of harp and harmonium into...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Psychedelic Trance Tarantella

Psychedelic Trance Tarantella

Kalàscima

Ponderosa Music & Art

Rating: ★★★★

Kalàscima come from Salento, at the southern end of Italy, which boasts an explosive musical culture. The cover of this...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: April/2016

Review of My Design, On Others' Lives

My Design, On Others' Lives

Estère

Estere

Rating: ★★★★

Based in New Zealand's music capital Wellington, Estère Dalton is a young producer- musician who's created her own bedroom-based ‘electric...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of The Rough Guide to Scottish Music

The Rough Guide to Scottish Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

Compiled by broadcaster and singer Mary Ann Kennedy, this latest compilation illustrates the rich variety of the crop of Scottish...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Landskein

Landskein

Lauren MacColl

Top of the World

Make Believe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Lauren MacColl is one of Scotland’s finest fiddlers. Her latest album’s title, Landskein, loosely means ‘Thread’ and it is in...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2020

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