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Review of Populaj Kantoj

Populaj Kantoj

Massimo Ferrante

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

Massimo Ferrante's latest album reflects the politics that are the major influence on his life and music. The Calabrian-born, Naples-resident...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2016

Review of Dingue Marrow

Dingue Marrow

Mohsen Sharifian and Lian Music Band

Honar Shahr

Rating: ★★★

A recent trend among popular musicians in Iran has been the creation of fusions of various kinds, including mixing traditional...

Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: May/2016

Review of Assi: A Story of a Syrian River

Assi: A Story of a Syrian River

Salah Ammo & Peter Gabis

Be Now Records

Rating: ★★★★

The name of this album is derived from a river near Hama that is said to be the only river...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: May/2016

Review of Too Big World

Too Big World

Bumper Jacksons

Bumper Jacksons

Rating: ★★★★

On Too Big World, their latest self-released album, the Bumper Jacksons run the gamut of rootsy American repertoire with easy...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2016

Review of Flock and Fly

Flock and Fly

Rob Harbron & Emma Reid

Harbron & Reid

Rating: ★★★★

The English concertina player and Sweden-based fiddler released their first album together in 2006, and between then and the set...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2016

Review of I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country

I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Valcour Records (4 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

Co-produced by Joel Savoy and Joshua Clegg Caffery, and based on Caffery's scholarly tome, Traditional Music in Coastal Louisiana: The...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2016

Review of My Love and Music

My Love and Music

Ebo Taylor

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★

He may be 80 this year and still touring, but this pair of reissues turn the clock back half a...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016

Review of Azel

Azel

Bombino

Partisan Records

Rating: ★★★

The music of the Niger-born Touareg guitarist Omara ‘Bombino’ Moctar seems to have captured the imagination of the American indie-rock...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016

Review of Suistamo Electricity

Suistamo Electricity

Suistamon Sähkö

Kihtinäjärvi Records

Rating: ★★★

This is a huge piece of theatre inspired by the history of the Karelian village of Suistamo, once part of...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2016

Review of Amour Java

Amour Java

Denécheau Jâse Musette

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

A big welcome to the second ever record by this admirable Parisian combo, rushed out to capitalise on the success...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: May/2016

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