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Review of Joy

Joy

AKA Trio

Top of the World

bendigedig

Rating: ★★★★

Three continents, one album, ten mellifluous performances. Those are the basic figures of AKA Trio; Italy's Antonio Forcione, Senegal's Seckou...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of Tailwind Home

Tailwind Home

Equus

Equus

Rating: ★★

Equus are an Australian group formed around the vocals and horse-head fiddle (morin huur) playing of Mongolian musician Bukhu Ganburged....

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of Future Flora

Future Flora

Black Flower

Sdban Ultra

Rating: ★★★★

This superb third album from the Belgian-by-way-of-the-Balkans five-piece continues the winning formula of combining Afro-funk with Ethio-jazz and then mixing...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of La Dôtu Lado

La Dôtu Lado

Coladera

Top of the World

Agogo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Right from the melancholic opening chords of a pair of acoustic guitars, you know you're in for a treat. Coladera...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of Live From Celtic Connections 2019

Live From Celtic Connections 2019

Transatlantic Sessions

Celtic Connections

Rating: ★★★★

Nearly a quarter of a century on and this group is still corralled by Shetland fiddler Aly Bain and his...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of Celia

Celia

Angélique Kidjo

Verve

Rating: ★★★★

Not content with simply succeeding Miriam Makeba as the new ‘Mama Africa,’ Kidjo now has her sights on the late...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of Desert to Douala

Desert to Douala

Pulo NDJ

Top of the World

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

Pulo NDJ is a project that broadcasts from the musical midpoint between N'Djamena, Chad and New York. DJs Nickodemus and...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of The Rough Guide to Women of the World

The Rough Guide to Women of the World

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

In contrast to many of the Rough Guides, which focus on one specific genre or artist, this was perhaps an...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of Echoes of Japan

Echoes of Japan

Minyo Crusaders

Top of the World

Mais Um Discos

Rating: ★★★★

Many Japanese musicians have a seemingly innate ability to enthusiastically adopt music of other cultures, and to take them to...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of Satingarona Part 2

Satingarona Part 2

The Bongo Hop

Underdog Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Bongo Hop is the stage name of Etienne Sevet, a trumpet player and producer from Bordeaux, France. Following his...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

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