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Review of The Rough Guide to Women of the World

The Rough Guide to Women of the World

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

In contrast to many of the Rough Guides, which focus on one specific genre or artist, this was perhaps an...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: June/2019

Review of Gloryland

Gloryland

California Feetwarmers

California Feetwarmers

Rating: ★★★

There are a lot of trad jazz revivalist acts out there. The LA-based seven-piece California Feetwarmers are one of many...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2019

Review of Camin d'Estèlas

Camin d'Estèlas

Coriandre

Coriandre

Rating: ★★★

Coriandre consist of five middle-aged men who all possess great dexterity on a variety of instruments – vocalist Yves Masson...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2019

Review of Greatest Jamaican Beat

Greatest Jamaican Beat

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Cherry Red Records

Rating: ★★★★

Two Duke Reid-produced collections have been offset here to create a killer introduction to rocksteady reggae. The first, Greatest Jamaica...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2019

Review of Odisea

Odisea

Andreas Arnold

Bayla Records

Rating: ★★★

The third album from the German flamenco guitarist Andreas Arnold sees him returning to the classical and jazz improvisation that...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019

Review of The Art of the Chinese Guzheng

The Art of the Chinese Guzheng

Wu Mengmeng

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

This album is a tribute to the main regional styles of guzheng (21-string zither) music in China. Having worked with...

Reviewed by Hyelim Kim in issue: June/2019

Review of BIM#1

BIM#1

Bénin International Musical

Top of the World

World Tour Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Kicking off with an attention-grabbing holler before skittering into Afrobeat on the opening track ‘Destiny’, this fabulous debut showcases Benin's...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2019

Review of American Music Vol VII

American Music Vol VII

Grupo Fantasma

Blue Corn Music

Rating: ★★★★

Though the seventh album from Austin's Grupo Fantasma comes after a five-year break from the studio, the band have kept...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019

Review of The Hare's Lament

The Hare's Lament

Ye Vagabonds

Top of the World

River Lea Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

This is the third album from River Lea, the folk imprint on Rough Trade Records, following on from Irish singer...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2019

Review of Sika Mila

Sika Mila

M'Toro Chamou

Le Cri de l''Ocean Indien

Rating: ★★★

Mayotte became the 101st department of France in 2011, but located between Madagascar and the coast of Mozambique, the archipelago's...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2019

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