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Review of Ilha d’Melodia

Ilha d’Melodia

Ceuzany

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★

Ceuzany used to front Cordas do Sol, whose album Lume d’Lenha was apparently bought by one in ten Cape Verdeans....

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: November/2016

Review of Esperanto

Esperanto

Dimitris Mystakidis

Fishbowl Records

Rating: ★★★★

Dimitris Mystakidis’ avowed mission is to restore acoustic folk guitar to its rightful place in Greek popular music, long dominated...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: November/2016

Review of Brothers & Sisters

Brothers & Sisters

Lakuta

Tru Thoughts

Rating: ★★★★

Lakuta are based in Brighton, but have influences that stretch far further afield. Their name is a Swahili term that...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2016

Review of Selva

Selva

Ciro Hurtado

Inti Productions

Rating: ★★★

Listen to the opening of ‘Cumbia de la Selva’ and you’ll find yourself unsure where it's taking you. Spain or...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2016

Review of Afrika Festival: Live in Hertme

Afrika Festival: Live in Hertme

Sekou Kouyaté & Debademba

Very Open Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★★

The annual Afrika Festival in Hertme in the Netherlands has become one of the highlights of the European festival circuit...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2016

Review of The Rough Guide to Ethiopian Jazz

The Rough Guide to Ethiopian Jazz

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

Rough Guides turns its attention to the wonderful world of Ethio-jazz. The trap of focusing only on Buda Musique's landmark...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2016

Review of Overnight

Overnight

Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker

Top of the World

Rough Trade Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The award-winning duo's first album for Rough Trade is their finest work to date, and certainly among the best folk...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2016

Review of Black Smoke

Black Smoke

Emily Wurramara

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Born on remote Groote Eylandt, the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off coastal Arnhem Land, Emily Wurramara's family...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2016

Review of Upcetera

Upcetera

Jim Moray

NIAG Records

Rating: ★★★★

His first solo work in four years could easily be subtitled ‘Jim Moray with Strings,’ with the multi-tracked cello and...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2016

Review of Instar

Instar

Nancy Kerr

Little Dish Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ecology, politics, and the rigours and inequities of the present framed by the struggles and injustices of the past are...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2016

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