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Review of Nothing Can Stop Us

Nothing Can Stop Us

Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

Cornell Campbell has had a long and illustrious career that includes stints as a studio vocalist for such legendary producers...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2013

Review of Shukar

Shukar

Toni Kitanovski & Cherkezi Orchestra

Yellow Bird

Rating: ★★★

Macedonian jazz guitarist Kitanovski studied at the Berklee College of Music in the US, and like most of its graduates...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Jar’a

Jar’a

Paolo Angeli

ReR Megacorp/AnMa

Rating: ★★★★

A sound explorer and artistic orchestrator, Paolo Angeli is known for playing a prepared Sardinian guitar, a crossbreed instrument provided...

Reviewed by Cira De Rosa in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Saet El-Hazz (The Luck Hour)

Saet El-Hazz (The Luck Hour)

Maurice Louca

Top of the World

Sub Rosa/Northern Spy Records

Rating: ★★★★

Egyptian multi-instrumentalist Maurice Louca is known for navigating between electronic dance music, crossovers with Egypt’s contemporary maghraganat music, participating in...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: December/2021

Review of Rua da Emenda

Rua da Emenda

António Zambujo

Top of the World

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

Up to this point, António Zambujo had been gradually climbing a ladder that meant both more international recognition, establishing a...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Ruhabi

Ruhabi

Outhouse Ruhabi

Loop Records Loop1009

Rating: ★★★

Forming musical communities is all the rage for young jazz artists on the London scene. The emerging double-sax quartet Outhouse...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2010

Review of Capacity to Love

Capacity to Love

Ibrahim Maalouf

Mister IBE

Rating: ★★★★

What do you do when you’ve performed from atop the Eiffel Tower, sold out such prestigious venues as the Barbican...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2022

Review of Laylam

Laylam

Carthy, Hardy, Farrell & Young

Hem Hem Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Eliza Carthy, Bella Hardy, Lucy Farrell and Kate Young: four women renowned for their singing and Fiddle playing and for...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Chromesthesia: The Colour of Sound Vol 1

Chromesthesia: The Colour of Sound Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Chromesthesia

Rating: ★★★★

Chromesthesia: The Colour of Sound Vol 1, curated by British-Egyptian historian Hannah Elsisi, is a powerful compilation showcasing Afro-descendant electronic...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/2025

Review of From Stage to Stage

From Stage to Stage

Dervish

Whirling Discs WHRL 014

Rating: ★★★

If Irish music was to be equated to the Premier League, then Dervish would be West Bromwich Albion – sometimes...

Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

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