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Review of Eplemøya Songlag

Eplemøya Songlag

Eplemøya Songlag

NORCD

Rating: ★★★★

My first experience of Eplemøya Songlag was in an old fashioned wooden room in the old Bank building in the...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & Friends: The Black Ark Years

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & Friends: The Black Ark Years

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trojan

Rating: ★★★★

When Trojan Records became part of the giant Universal Music, reggae collectors might well have feared that the previous stream...

Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Trance Gamelan in Bali

Trance Gamelan in Bali

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

If you can imagine a piece of cutting-edge electronica being played over the “party in the background” noises that you...

Reviewed by John Whitfieldft in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Sweet England

Sweet England

Shirley Collins

Fledgling Records

Rating: ★★★★

Released in 1959 on Argo, this album comes from the beginning of the folk revival, and Fledgling’s remaster from the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Kigali Y’Izahabu

Kigali Y’Izahabu

The Good Ones

Dead Oceans

Rating: ★★

The most exciting thing about Kigali Y'Izahabu is that it is potentially going to reach an audience who might not...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Tradi-Mods vs Rockers – Alternative Takes on Congotronics

Tradi-Mods vs Rockers – Alternative Takes on Congotronics

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Top of the World

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★

The Congotronics remix album was inevitable, of course. The primitively electrified ambience of Konono No 1 and the Kasai Allstars...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Rough Guide to Flamenco Dance

Rough Guide to Flamenco Dance

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

Many dodgy compila¬tions of flamenco on CD either feature long-dead or third-rate musicians. But this eclectic sampler by Jan Fairley...

Reviewed by Steve Carr in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of True Speech

True Speech

Cˇacˇi Vorba

Top of the World

Oriente Musik

Rating: ★★★★

This is one of the most dynamic and accomplished folk groups from Eastern Europe I've heard in a long time....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Impromptu

Impromptu

The Angelo Debarre Quartet

Lejazzetal

Rating: ★★★★

Angelo Debarre, born in St-Denis, France, starte d playing guitar at the age of eight. A member of the Manouche...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Kulture Noir

Kulture Noir

Simphiwe Dana

Gallo

Rating: ★★★

She sings beautifully. She writes and composes. She speaks out against injustice. She makes her own out-there clothing. If ever...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

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