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Review of Iran: Music of the Persian Gulf

Iran: Music of the Persian Gulf

Saeid Shanbehzadeh

Buda Musique 3017925

Rating: ★★★★

Many of Iran’s regional folk music traditions are still relatively unknown to world music audiences in Europe and North America....

Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: March/2010

Review of Yellow Fever/Na Poi

Yellow Fever/Na Poi

Fela Kuti

Rating: ★★★★★

It’s now 16 years since Fela Kuti died and his legendary status continues to grow. The problem with legends, though,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013

Review of Fern Girl & Ice Man

Fern Girl & Ice Man

The Lowest Pair

Team Love Records

Rating: ★★★

What we have here are two collections of old and familiar song forms. But they are reconstituted with observant, contemporary...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2016

Review of Poravna

Poravna

Vesna Pisarović

PDV Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the English speaking world Vesna Pisarović might not be an household name, but in the post-Yugoslavian pop music scene...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Millions of Us

Millions of Us

BCUC

Top of the World

On the Corner Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Ten tracks into Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness’ (BCUC) Millions of Us, there's a message from Jovi Nkosi to producer Sam...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: July/2023

Review of Live On Tour: Union Chapel November 2010

Live On Tour: Union Chapel November 2010

The Gift Band | Various Artists

Scarlet Records

Rating: ★★★★

There's not been, to my knowledge, a live album from Norma Waterson. So give a warm hand, please, for this...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of El Coro de Mi Gente

El Coro de Mi Gente

Amparanoia

Top of the World

Calaverita Records

Rating: ★★★★

All the tracks of this album – Amparanoia's ninth – feature a big-name guest from the Hispanic music world, including...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2018

Review of Nomadic Spirit

Nomadic Spirit

La Caravane Passe

At(h)ome

Rating: ★★★

For two decades, and across five albums, La Caravane Passe (The Caravan Passes) has delivered a music steeped in Balkan...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2020

Review of The Gold Diggers

The Gold Diggers

Lengaïa Salsa Brava

Lulaworld Records

Rating: ★★★★

The 11-strong Lengaïa are a salsa juggernaut, a heavyweight Latin orchestra whose distinctive vocals and signature horn heft – three...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2021

Review of Birds

Birds

Da Lata

Da Lata Music

Rating: ★★★★

Can that be the sweet sound of spring? On the strength of this fourth album by beloved London-based tropicalistas Da...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2020

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