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Review of Made in Malawi

Made in Malawi

Neil & the New Vibration

Bigroundboat Music

Rating: ★★★★

There has sadly been very little international exposure for the music and musicians of Malawi. There is no immediately identifiable...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2015

Review of Coisa Boa

Coisa Boa

Moreno Veloso

Luaka Bop

Rating: ★★★

It's been 13 years since Moreno Veloso's last album – his debut, Music Typewriter – heralded a new generation of...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2015

Review of Uncle

Uncle

Frank Yamma

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Many reviewers judged the indigenous Pitjantjatjara singer-songwriter Frank Yamma's 2010 acoustic opus Countryman to be a masterpiece. The intervening years...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2015

Review of 21st Century Molam

21st Century Molam

Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band

Top of the World

Studio Lam

Rating: ★★★★

After moving to Bangkok in 2008, journalist and record collector Chris Menist found a wealth of 7" vinyl treasures in...

Reviewed by Andy Thomas in issue: March/2015

Review of Nahadin

Nahadin

Hijaz

Zephyrus Records

Rating: ★★★★

Hijaz are a world-jazz quartet centred around the oud and piano of Tunisian-born Moufadhel Adhoum and Belgian-Greek pianist Niko Deman,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2015

Review of Busco Paraíso

Busco Paraíso

Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna

Top of the World

Petit Indie

Rating: ★★★★★

We don’t hear enough music from Chile. Many nueva canción singers are dead or retired. Survivors such as Inti-Illimani and...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2015

Review of New Anything

New Anything

Leveret

Top of the World

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Leveret are a squeezebox trio: Sam Sweeney on fiddle and viola; Rob Harbron on English concertina; and Andy Cutting on...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2015

Review of I Bow to you Waheguru

I Bow to you Waheguru

Manika Kaur

United Sound Records

Rating: ★★★

Australian-born Sikh singer Manika Kaur returns with a second album, giving us a less conventional presentation of shabadkirtan (Sikh devotional...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2015

Review of Massilia

Massilia

Massilia Sound System

Le Chant du Monde

Rating: ★★

Massilia Sound System celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2014, a phenomenal achievement for any band. In their native France they’re...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2015

Review of D’Amore e di Altre Cose Irreversibili

D’Amore e di Altre Cose Irreversibili

Flo

Agualoca Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is a mature debut from the singer Floriana Cangiano, who draws on her Italian roots and combines Mediterranean folk...

Reviewed by Valentina Monsurrò in issue: March/2015

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