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Review of My Earth Songs

My Earth Songs

Lonnie Park and the Earth Band

Universal Music

Rating: ★★★

Nobody could question the worthiness of this project – the proceeds from which benefit UNICEF’s COVID-19 relief fund for children...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020

Review of Death of the Prophet

Death of the Prophet

Sabreen

Akuphone

Rating: ★★★★

Readers may be familiar with Parisian oud player Kamilya Jubran for her collaborative work with Swiss based trumpeter and electro-pioneer...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2020

Review of Fiddler’s Pastime

Fiddler’s Pastime

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes

Sugar Petunia Records

Rating: ★★★

The solo debut from award-winning bluegrass fiddler Keith-Hynes of Mile Twelve is not merely a showcase for her own prodigious...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2020

Review of Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger

Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger

Kronos Quartet

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Three years ago Kronos Quartet released an album titled Folk Songs, a journey into Appalachian tradition featuring guest singers Sam...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020

Review of Wake Up Calls

Wake Up Calls

Cosmo Sheldrake

Tardigrade Records

Rating: ★★★★

The son of scientist Rupert Sheldrake and voice therapist Jill Purse, multi­instrumentalist Cosmo Sheldrake has already released an EP and...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2020

Review of I Like it Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi)

I Like it Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi)

Pete Rodriguez

Craft Latino

Rating: ★★★★

Pianist Pete Rodriguez is one of the pioneers of Nuyorican music – Puerto Rican musicians in New York City –...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2020

Review of Un Canto por México, Vol 1

Un Canto por México, Vol 1

Natalia Lafourcade

Top of the World

Sony Music Entertainment México

Rating: ★★★★

Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is one of those superstars who makes the rest of us feel idle and talentless. She...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2020

Review of Hayvan Gibi

Hayvan Gibi

Baba Zula

Night Dreamer

Rating: ★★★

The intimacy of hearing – and seeing – Baba Zula Live has Lately surpassed the experience of Listening to some...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2020

Review of Delhi to Damascus

Delhi to Damascus

Sandeep Das

Top of the World

In A Circle

Rating: ★★★★

This album is predicated on the idea that by changing just a few elements of a musical style or tradition...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2020

Review of Nomadic Spirit

Nomadic Spirit

La Caravane Passe

At(h)ome

Rating: ★★★

For two decades, and across five albums, La Caravane Passe (The Caravan Passes) has delivered a music steeped in Balkan...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2020

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