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Review of Holy Colony: Burning Acres

Holy Colony: Burning Acres

Troy Kingi

AllGood Absolute Alternative Records

Rating: ★★★

New Zealand Māori singer Troy Kingi has an ambitious idea of recording ten albums over ten years in ten different...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of 180° The Remixes

180° The Remixes

Kongo Dia Ntotila

Pussyfoot Records DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★

Mulele Matondo's most recent record with Kongo Dia Ntotila was released earlier this year. Entitled 360°, it was a truly...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Strange Days

Strange Days

Natacha Atlas

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Former Transglobal Underground singer and BBC Radio 3 World Music Award winner Natacha Atlas is well known for combining electro-acoustic...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Tabhair Mo Ghrá Go Conamara (Bring My Love to Connemara)

Tabhair Mo Ghrá Go Conamara (Bring My Love to Connemara)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Veteran

Rating: ★★★★★

I doubt there will be a more evocative, or valuable, Irish traditional music disc released this year than this spellbinding...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Sahari

Sahari

Aziza Brahim

Top of the World

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Born in the Saharawi refugee camps of Algeria, Aziza has made waves across the world with her music, bringing attention...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Úr

Úr

Goitse

Goitse

Rating: ★★★★

Úr sees a first personnel change for Goitse with Alan Reid replacing James Harvey on banjo and adding piquant bouzouki...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Alep-Brest

Alep-Brest

Ensemble Fawaz Baker

Hirustica

Rating: ★★★

Aleppo in northern Syria has lived through tragedy. Its name now resonates with the pain of a brutal war, which...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Hakili Kélé

Hakili Kélé

Mah Damba

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

The veteran Malian griot Mah Damba believed she had recorded her final album when she made 2010's À l'Ombre du...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Wild Kingdom

Wild Kingdom

Hot Club of Cowtown

Gold Strike Records

Rating: ★★★★

Anyone who isn't able to catch the Texan trio on their UK tour this November can console themselves with this,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2019

Review of Visión del Ayahuasca

Visión del Ayahuasca

Los Wembler's de Iquitos

Barbès

Rating: ★★★★

The international hype around Peruvian cumbia over the past ten years has resulted in many reissues and chicha bands cropping...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2019

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