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Review of Island Songs

Island Songs

Ólafur Arnalds

Mercury KX

Rating: ★★★

Island Songs is the latest project from BAFTA-winning Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. It sees him travelling to seven different towns...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Ensen

Ensen

Emel

Partisan Records

Rating: ★★★

Emel Mathlouthi is a Tunisian singer-songwriter whose song ‘Kelmti Horra (My Word is Free)’ became a youth anthem during the...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Dedicated to the Bird We Love

Dedicated to the Bird We Love

Oriental Sunshine

Round 2 Records

Rating: ★★

Upon its release in 1970, this debut LP from Norwegian psychedelic-folk trio Oriental Sunshine was called by a reviewer in...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Ingoma

Ingoma

Na Lengo

Ozella Records

Rating: ★★★

The Spanish guitarist Gerard Guse and the Kenyan singer Denis Inyani met in Ibiza – where they both now live...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Brexit Blues

Brexit Blues

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

Certainly not a blues compilation in the sense that might be commonly expected, this set mourns in advance the passing...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Runaljod: Ragnarok

Runaljod: Ragnarok

Wardruna

Norse Music

Rating: ★★★

Einar Selvik is a Norwegian musician, formerly of the black metal band Gorgoroth. Seven years ago he founded the Nordic...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Je Dis Oui!

Je Dis Oui!

Pink Martini

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★

Portland, Oregon's self-described ‘little orchestra’ Pink Martini are augmented once again by the Harvey Rosencrantz Orchestra (who featured on their...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of The Encounter of Vocal Heritage

The Encounter of Vocal Heritage

Voxtra

Top of the World

Muziekpublique

Rating: ★★★★

Migrancy is an inescapable condition of our time, and people in movement to strange places carry remembrances of home with...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Música da Terra

Música da Terra

Batuk

Teka Music

Rating: ★★★

Batuk are a dance-infused trio hailing from South Africa. Comprised of renowned producer and rapper Spoek Mathambo, Aero Manyelo and...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Au Bout du Petit Matin

Au Bout du Petit Matin

Tao Ravao & Thomas Laurent

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Tao Ravao is a Madagascan-born musician with a French father and Malagasy mother whose family name he uses professionally. He...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

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