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Review of Zik’r East/Zik’r West

Zik’r East/Zik’r West

Karen Ruimy

Karais

Rating: ★★★★

Born in Morocco to Jewish parents and raised in Paris, Ruimy spent seven years as a banker and financier before...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2015

Review of Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl

Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl

Various Artists

Top of the World

Cooking Vinyl Records – Release date October 30

Rating: ★★★★★

The centenary of Ewan MacColl's birth provides the perfect opportunity for a remarkable collection of artists to celebrate this unique,...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2015

Review of Castelli

Castelli

A Filetta

World Village

Rating: ★★★

Followers of A Filetta, Corsica's foremost purveyors of ancient polyphonic traditions, might have concerns about their new album, given the...

Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: November/2015

Review of Ghazalaw

Ghazalaw

Ghazalaw

Top of the World

Marvels of the Universe/Theatr Mwldan

Rating: ★★★★

A series of mash-ups might seem like a flimsy basis for an album, but on Ghazalaw's debut a prince among...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: November/2015

Review of The Bold Kerryman

The Bold Kerryman

Seamus Begley

IRL Records

Rating: ★★

Known as one of Ireland's foremost singers and accordionists, Seamus Begley has variously recorded with members of his famous musical...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2015

Review of Good is Good

Good is Good

Vula Viel

Top of the World

Vula Viel

Rating: ★★★★

This is an album of powerful instrumental jazz, based on the ancient traditional music of the Dagaare tribe and Guo...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2015

Review of Global Grove

Global Grove

Tjupurru

Tjupurru

Rating: ★★★★

Born in Papua New Guinea, with Aboriginal ancestry from the Djaberadjabera people of western Australia, Adrian Fabila Tjupurrula (aka Tjupurru)...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2015

Review of Redaction

Redaction

Richard Nunns & Mark Lockett

Rattle

Rating: ★★★★

Although a Pākehā (New Zealander of European descent), ethnomusicologist Dr Richard Nunns is a leading authority on taonga pūoro, a...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2015

Review of Nyanza

Nyanza

Owiny Sigoma Band

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

This is the third album from this Kenya-London collaboration and it's the most satisfying and varied set they’ve created yet....

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2015

Review of Portraits 30

Portraits 30

The Meto Brothers Band

Polskie Radio

Rating: ★★★★

Polish Radio's series of releases called MuzykaZródel (Sources of Polish Folk Music) are a superb introduction to the country's regional...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2015

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