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Review of Sleepless Nights

Sleepless Nights

VM Bhatt & Matt Malley

World Village 468097

Rating: ★★★

Sleepless Nights is a palatable musical aperitif for those uninitiated into Indian classical music, as well as being pleasant drive¬time...

Reviewed in issue July/2010

Review of PBS6

PBS6

PBS6

Victoria Tunnel Mushroom Company VTMCCD002

Rating: ★★★

Hatched by bodhran player Will Lang of folk-fusion group Park Bench Social Club and Newcastle-based guitarist and producer Tom Wright,...

Reviewed in issue July/2010

Review of Acoustic Accordions

Acoustic Accordions

Michael Nyman & Motion Trio

MN Records MNRCD117

Rating: ★★★

Motion Trio are three Polish accordion players: Janusz Wojtarowicz, Pawel Baranek and Marcin Galazyn. Since their debut CD, Pictures from...

Reviewed in issue July/2010

Review of Chaal Baby

Chaal Baby

Red Baraat

Sinj Records SR0110

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from überchic Brooklyn in the melting pot of New York City, Red Baraat have a studied multi-ethnic cool reminiscent...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of Shoshan

Shoshan

Shye Ben-Tzur

Top of the World

EarthSync ES0036

Rating: ★★★★

Ready for something new and exciting? How about qawwali (Sufi devotional song), Rajasthani folk singing, Indian classical music, flamenco and...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold

I Am Sound IAM 002UC

Rating: ★★★

After Vampire Weekend, bring on Fool's Good, America's latest indie rockers to mine African music in search of fresh inspiration....

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of Abu Nawas Rhapsody

Abu Nawas Rhapsody

Dhafer Youssef

Jazzland 295565

Rating: ★★★

The titles of past albums by the Tunisian-born oud (lute) player and singer Dhafer Youssef mapped out a story: Electric...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of CuCuLand

CuCuLand

CuCu Diamantes

Wrasse Records WRASS237

Rating: ★★★

A suitably theatrical spoken word overture – clinking glasses, a call for silencio, the tap of heels and the flare...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of Brûle Lentement

Brûle Lentement

Mama Rosin

Top of the World

Voodoo Rhythm Records VRCD55

Rating: ★★★★★

Brûle Lentement begins with a slow burn, as Cyril Yeterain's accordion wheezes through ‘Ou est Passé EC Lenoir?’ with the...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of Tango 3.0

Tango 3.0

Gotan Project

XL XLCD488

Rating: ★★★

The release of Vuelvo Al Sur/El Capitalismo Foraneo in 2000 and, a year later, La Revancha del Tango changed the...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

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