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Review of Diwan

Diwan

Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson

Golden Girl Records

Rating: ★★★

East meets West, a musical plot line as near-universal as boy meets girl, provides the basis for this new collaboration...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Lust

Lust

Louisa Lyne & Di Yiddishe Kapelye

Maestro Music

Rating: ★★★

Winning Der Idisher Idol 2019 has brought Louisa Lyne and her group Di Yiddishe Kapelye into prominence. Released on September...

Reviewed by Fiona Mactaggart in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Yesun

Yesun

Roberto Fonseca

Top of the World

Wagram Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Roberto Fonseca moves into iconic status with a trio album that cements his legacy as one of the finest pianists...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Saraba Sufiyana

Saraba Sufiyana

Rafiki Jazz

Konimusic

Rating: ★★★

Rafiki Jazz, the global band who bring together all manner of musicians so to demonstrate that music knows no borders,...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Postcards and Pocketbooks: The Best of Bella Hardy

Postcards and Pocketbooks: The Best of Bella Hardy

Bella Hardy

Noe Records

Rating: ★★★★

With a career stretching back to her early teens as a member of The Pack, a 12-piece that graced the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Recife • 19

Recife • 19

DJ Dolores

Top of the World

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★★

While it might not be erupting in the manner of Barcelona or Hong Kong, the north-eastern Brazilian metropolis of Recife...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of UDU

UDU

UDU

CPL-Music

Rating: ★★★★

UDU is, as far as I know, the only collaboration between Buryat and Lithuanian musicians and it is a delight....

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

Review of Sketches

Sketches

Natalie MacMaster

Linus

Rating: ★★★★

Natalie MacMaster is Canadian fiddle royalty, with a bulging cabinet of awards and an address book of artists (from Béla...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Sublime

Sublime

Alex Cuba

Caracol Records

Rating: ★★★

Alex Cuba, a name well known to Cuban-music fans, brings a new angle to his easy-listening, groove-based sound with Sublime....

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

Review of Body Beat: Soca-Dub and Electronic Calypso (1979-98)

Body Beat: Soca-Dub and Electronic Calypso (1979-98)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★★

This compilation intriguingly connects many dots in the soca music story, while also (not unexpectedly for Soundway) throwing up musically...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

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