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Review of MM3

MM3

Metá Metá

Jazz Village

Rating: ★★★★

It's slightly disappointing that this São Paulo four-piece's third album opens with a brooding Joy Division-style chord progression that then...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: December/2016

Review of Maletak

Maletak

Kepa Junkera & Sorginak

Fol Música

Rating: ★★★

Being a ‘master of the diatonic accordion’ doesn’t sound sexy, but veteran Basque composer and bandleader Kepa Junkera makes his...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2016

Review of North Korea: Traditional Songs

North Korea: Traditional Songs

Yi Ji-Suk

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★

This album features traditional north-western seodo sori, a genre of songs once associated with courtesans, and a smattering of collective...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Simply Amjad Ali Khan Vols 1-3

Simply Amjad Ali Khan Vols 1-3

Amjad Ali Khan

Sarod Records

Rating: ★★★

These three albums are by one of India's finest classical instrumentalists playing one of the most distinguished instruments, the sarod....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021

Review of Fen, Farm & Deadly Water

Fen, Farm & Deadly Water

The Shackleton Trio

Shackleton Trio

Rating: ★★★

As intimated by the title of this fresh second album, the Fens – the marshy region in Eastern England with...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2018

Review of Sing For Me

Sing For Me

Cherif Mbaw

World Village WVF479050

Rating: ★

From Ziguinchor, southern Senegal, the musical heartland of the country, Cherif Mbaw’s second international release brings little of his musical...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: October/2010

Review of Flaco JimÉnez/Buena Suerte, Señorita

Flaco JimÉnez/Buena Suerte, Señorita

Flaco JimÉnez

Floating World

Rating: ★★★★

Flaco JimÉnez is, at least in Texas, accordion royalty; his late father and brother are also acknowledged masters of the...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of How to Tune a Fish

How to Tune a Fish

Beoga

Compass Records

Rating: ★★

Just four years since the Irish band's debut A Lovely Madness comes Beoga's fourth album How to Tune a Fish...

Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: October/2011

Review of Finish the Sun

Finish the Sun

Shane Cooper & MABUTA

Dox Records

Rating: ★★★★

Shane Cooper & MABUTA are often referred to as part of a new wave of South African jazz artists. But...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: July/2022

Review of Highlander's Farewell

Highlander's Farewell

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas

Culburnie/Greentrax

Rating: ★★★

A member of the Celtic supergroup Skyedance, and widely regarded as a Scots fiddle legend, Alasdair Fraser's recent work has...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2011

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