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Review of Ammore, Trivolo, Currivo e Devozione

Ammore, Trivolo, Currivo e Devozione

La Moresca

Felmay FY8154

Rating: ★★★

La Moresca is an acoustic Neapolitan septet harnessing their local music to traditional styles of the Campania region and baroque...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Djangologie

Djangologie

Django Reinhardt

Le Chant du Monde 274178588

Rating: ★★★★

Had he been American, Django Reinhardt would surely have received the Hollywood biopic treatment by now. The story of how...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Guitarra 66

Guitarra 66

To Trips

Mbari MBARI05

Rating: ★★★★

Best known for his work with Dead Combo, To Trips decided to go temporarily solo and record Guitarra 66. Dead...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Andarién

Andarién

Cántaro

Milan 3993022

Rating: ★★★

‘A Darién’ has a beautiful melody, over which a woman and a man's voice take us to the region of...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of The World of the Duduk

The World of the Duduk

Djivan Gasparyan

Melodiya MELCD3001545

Rating: ★★★

The Armenian duduk is one of the most beautiful instruments on earth. The soft, plangent sound exudes a sweet sadness...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Nkolo

Nkolo

Lokua Kanza

Top of the World

World Village WVF 479043

Rating: ★★★★

Pascal ‘Lokua’ Kanza has roots in Congo–Kinshasa and Rwanda, two nations afflicted by the greatest contemporary tragedies Africa has known....

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Aurora

Aurora

Michael McGoldrick

Top of the World

Vertical Records VERTCD090

Rating: ★★★★

One of today's most universally admired folk instrumentalists, the Irish-Mancunian flute, whistle and uilleann pipes maestro Michael McGoldrick has never...

Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Drops Genuine Negro Jig

Drops Genuine Negro Jig

Carolina Chocolate

Nonesuch 7559798398

Rating: ★★★★

Choosing to resuscitate a near-extinct musical tradition is as curious a decision as it is admirable. Nobody seems to have...

Reviewed by Nigel Tassell in issue: March/2010

Review of Harmony

Harmony

Sa Dingding

Wrasse WEASS247

Rating: ★★★

In the entrance to the offices of Universal Records in Beijing, there’s a wall c o ve re d i...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2010

Review of Masters of Percussion

Masters of Percussion

VARIOUS ARTISTS

ARC Music EUCD 2251

Rating: ★★★

This is a compilation of 11 percussion tracks, culled from at least five other percussion discs on the ARC Music...

Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: March/2010

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