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Review of Zapateo Suite

Zapateo Suite

Joel Hierrezuelo

Continuo Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Since settling in Paris in 1997, this Cuban expatriate has played with the likes of Gilles Peterson and Havana Cultura,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2019

Review of Multishow Ao Vivo

Multishow Ao Vivo

Caetano Veloso & Maria Gadu

Multishow

Rating: ★★★★

Whilst they have somewhat fallen out of fashion in Europe and the US, ‘unplugged’ performances by major domestic talents have...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2012

Review of Tobie

Tobie

Dagadana

Agora

Rating: ★★★★

Dagadana’s fifth studio album should be given kudos as an attempt to provide ‘cheerfulness and generosity’ in our often gloomy,...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: October/2021

Review of Never Forget

Never Forget

The Young’uns

Hereteu Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Vocal trio The Young’uns demonstrated a flair for bringing both traditional and modern stories to life on their 2012 album...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2014

Review of Songs(2004-2012)

Songs(2004-2012)

Rodrigo Leão

Glitterhouse Records

Rating: ★★★

File Rodrigo Leão under ‘other’ – along with Brian Eno,Jason Swinscoe’s Cinematic Orchestra and David Sylvian. Like them he defies...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2013

Review of Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Death & Leisure VINYL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★

This record comes in the wake of a historic tour in which the Tibetan monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery...

Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: April/2019

Review of Inner Rhyme

Inner Rhyme

Layale Chaker & Sarafand

Top of the World

In a Circle Records

Rating: ★★★★★

French-Lebanese composer and violinist Layale Chaker's debut album, Inner Rhyme, which took two years to compose between Beirut, Paris and...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2019

Review of 3 Almonds and a Walnut

3 Almonds and a Walnut

Roshi featuring Pars Radio

GEO Records

Rating: ★★★

The second album from the partnership of Welsh-Iranian singer-songwriter Roshi Nasehi and electronic musician Graham Dowdall picks up where debut...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2013

Review of Milyakburra

Milyakburra

Emily Wurramara

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Following on from her impressive 2016 debut EP Black Smoke, Emily Wurramara's first full album sees her continuing to grow...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2018

Review of The Full English

The Full English

The Full English

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

This album is one segment of an ambitious project from the EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society), drawing together...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

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