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Review of Barbara Fairouz

Barbara Fairouz

Dorsaf Hamdani

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★★

This is a charming and very personal album that brings together the music of two iconic divas: the tragic French...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Viv Tolerans

Viv Tolerans

Tetra

Footprint Records

Rating: ★★

Ingrid Brännström, Sanna Källman, Anna Ottertun and Maria Stellas formed Tetra in 2006; the four female vocalists have backgrounds in,...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Who He?

Who He?

Ian Carr & The Various Artists

Reveal Records

Rating: ★★★

Carr is considered by many fellow musicians to be the most original guitarist on the block and is cited by...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Até ao Fim

Até ao Fim

Katia Guerreiro

KGP Produções

Rating: ★★★

Até ao Fim marks a turning point in Guerreiro's career. But fear not: she's not quit fado. She's not exactly...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Salvor

Salvor

False Lights

Wreckord label

Rating: ★★★★

This compelling pairing of two innovative artists – Jim Moray and Sam Carter – arose from a late-night bar session....

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Magia Negra: The Beginning

Magia Negra: The Beginning

Omara Portuondo

World Village

Rating: ★★★

For her latest offering, the octogenarian diva and former Buena Vista Social Club singer has revisited the first LP she...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Wood, Wire & Words

Wood, Wire & Words

Norman Blake

Plectraphone

Rating: ★★★

A mere four decades after his last album of original songs was released (1974's Fields of November), Norman Blake gives...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Salsa

The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Salsa

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

Whether or not the odd trippy fuzz guitar, some intergalactic electronic keyboards and a dash of echo really qualifies as...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Gagok Lyrical Songs

Gagok Lyrical Songs

Kim Wol-ha

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★★

Kim Wol-ha died 20 years ago. She was one of the last musicians who had trained in the most prestigious...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of The Art of the Daegeum Sanjo

The Art of the Daegeum Sanjo

Ahn Sung-Woo

Inédit

Rating: ★★

The latest of Inédit's series of Korean sanjo releases is for daegeum, a horizontal bamboo flute with a resonator and...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Apr/May/2015

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