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Review of Barbara Fairouz

Barbara Fairouz

Dorsaf Hamdani

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★★

This is a charming and very personal album that brings together the music of two iconic divas: the tragic French...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015

Review of Viv Tolerans

Viv Tolerans

Tetra

Footprint Records

Rating: ★★

Ingrid Brännström, Sanna Källman, Anna Ottertun and Maria Stellas formed Tetra in 2006; the four female vocalists have backgrounds in,...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015

Review of Camino de Fuego

Camino de Fuego

Eskorzo

Venga Records

Rating: ★★★★

Antonio Moreno and his band have been working under the radar in the Spanish underground for almost two decades since...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015

Review of Dumiyah

Dumiyah

Pharaoh's Daughter

Magenta Label Group

Rating: ★★

The sensuous allure of Basya Schechter's voice, along with the exotic arrangements and performance style she brings to the group...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

Review of Erros

Erros

Eléonor

I-C-U-B-4-T

Rating: ★★

Elly Aerden, the birth-name of the artist known as Eléonor, sets great store on the fact that Latin is an...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

Review of Astrakan Project B

Astrakan Project B

Simone Alves & Yann Gourvil

Karga Records

Rating: ★★★★

The follow-up album to the pair's Astrakan Project features more bracing Breton gloominess by this talented couple. The disc is...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

Review of Gon’ Boogaloo

Gon’ Boogaloo

CW Stoneking

King Hokum Records

Rating: ★★★★

Australian bluesman CW Stoneking's last album, Jungle Blues, made the international scene sit up and take notice. The mix of...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

Review of It is Time for You to Return

It is Time for You to Return

Jozef van Wissem

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★

Jozef van Wissem is a baroque lute player and self-styled avant-garde composer who recently came to prominence for his soundtrack...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

Review of Movimento

Movimento

Aline Frazão

Ponto Zurca

Rating: ★★

You could say that Aline Frazão is the Mayra Andrade of Angola – a singer who has made a concerted...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

Review of Swimmings of the Head

Swimmings of the Head

Kate in the Kettle

Kate in the Kettle

Rating: ★★★★

Scottish fiddler, composer and singer Kate Young plays in two English folk ensembles: vocal and fiddle quartet Carthy, Hardy, Farrell...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

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