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Review of Etike

Etike

Jeannot & Kelly

Prosmart

Rating: ★★★

Jeannot Bel is a UK-based Congolese guitarist who is a regular member of Kanda Bongo Man’s touring band. He recently...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Aboriginal Soul

Aboriginal Soul

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nascente NSCD120

Rating: ★★★★

Compiled by UK-based Aussie music j ournalist Jane Cornwell, Aboriginal Soul is an excellent selec tion of fairly recent tracks...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2010

Review of Lost Voices

Lost Voices

Tim Stafford & Thomm Jutz

Mountain Fever Records

Rating: ★★★

It's tempting to say that the stories recounted in song form on Lost Voices eclipse the songs themselves. But that...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2023

Review of Nó Na Orelha

Nó Na Orelha

Criolo

Top of the World

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Since Nó Na Orelha was released in Brazil last year, the São Paulo rapper Criolo has become one of the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Balkanica! v2

Balkanica! v2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Green Queen Music

Rating: ★★★

This album is the second in the Balkan-ica! series from Green Queen Music, an Italian label run by Luca Gatti...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2011

Review of The Rough Guide to Indian Classical Music

The Rough Guide to Indian Classical Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

This album features a line-up of some distinguished musicians of North and South Indian music, two distinct classical traditions. Among...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2014

Review of Azymuth JID004

Azymuth JID004

Azymuth

Jazz is Dead

Rating: ★★★★

Revered Brazilian jazz-funk trio Azymuth continue to amaze, as much for their longevity (they came together in 1972) and productivity...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2020

Review of The Wait

The Wait

Vika & Linda

Bloodlines Music

Rating: ★★★★

Staples on the Australian music scene since the 1980s, when they were prominently featured in The Black Sorrows band, Aussie-Tongan...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2022

Review of I've Forgotten Now Who I Used to Be

I've Forgotten Now Who I Used to Be

Witch Camp

Six Degrees

Rating: ★★★

The producer Ian Brennan has for some years been on a mission to give a platform to the voices of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2021

Review of Down in Washington Square

Down in Washington Square

Dave Van Ronk

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★

A seminal figure in the American folk renaissance of the late 1950s and early 60s, Dave Van Ronk was a...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2014

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