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Review of Kardajala Kirridarra

Kardajala Kirridarra

Kardajala Kirridarra

Kardajala Kirridarra

Rating: ★★★★

This fine debut comes from a new vocal quartet featuring three Aboriginal women from the Northern Territory outback communities of...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2018

Review of Between the Sky & Prairie

Between the Sky & Prairie

The Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho

Wind Music

Rating: ★★★

Daniel Ho is a Grammy-winning Hawaiian musician and producer, best known for his innovative work on the ukulele. On Between...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2018

Review of We Have Tigers

We Have Tigers

Inga Liljeström

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★

I have mixed feelings about We Have Tigers, the debut folk album of the Finnish-English artist Inga Liljeström. Let's deal...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2018

Review of Fel Az Úton

Fel Az Úton

Csángálló

Fonó Records

Rating: ★★★★

My favourite band at this year's Budapest Ritmo festival was this young quintet, based in Budapest, with a distinctly Balkan...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2018

Review of Ballébé: Calling All Africans

Ballébé: Calling All Africans

Hama Sankare

Clermont Music

Rating: ★★★★★

If a solo album by a veteran Malian percussionist whose only instrument is the hollow gourd calabash doesn't sound over-enticing,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2018

Review of #1

#1

Guy One

Philophon Records

Rating: ★★★★

Growing up herding goats and cows in a remote area of northern Ghana, Guy One had no schooling, taught himself...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2018

Review of Espiral de Ilusão

Espiral de Ilusão

Criolo

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★

After recording the odd samba on previous albums, Criolo has now devoted a whole album to Brazil's national rhythm, infusing...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2018

Review of If I Had the Strength

If I Had the Strength

Lemon Bucket Orkestra

Lemon Bucket Orkestra

Rating: ★

I'd never considered that Gogol Bordello might be popular in Canada, but Canadian band Lemon Bucket Orkestra prove that the...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2018

Review of Osty

Osty

Sutari

Unzipped Fly

Rating: ★★★★

The female trio Sutari have a unique sound world on the Polish music scene. The lyrics and music are largely...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2018

Review of Pressure to Pleasure

Pressure to Pleasure

Femi & the InRhythms

Joyful Noise

Rating: ★★★

Recorded live in studios in Lagos and London by a sprawling Afrobeat band led by bassist and vocalist Femi Sofela,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2018

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