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Review of Diphtong

Diphtong

Gisen, Ulvsand & Tullberg

Kap Syd

Rating: ★★

Wooden flute and clarinet both have quite a history in Swedish music but have rarely, if ever, been heard together...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Ambush

Ambush

Mvula Mandondo

Mvula Mandondo

Rating: ★★★

Having first cut his teeth as a percussionist in Remmy Ongala's legendary Orchestre Super Matimila, Ambush is Saidi Kanda's first...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Master of the Cajun Accordion

Master of the Cajun Accordion

Nathan Abshire

Ace Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Gathering together Abshire's mid-60s to mid-70s recordings, this album captures 25 performances from one of the giants of Cajun music...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of What's Left of Spider John

What's Left of Spider John

Spider John Koerner

Hornbeam Records

Rating: ★★★

Spider John Koerner is championed in Bob Dylan's Chronicles memoir – the two young men used to play the Minneapolis...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings From the 1970s and 1980s

Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings From the 1970s and 1980s

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★★

After presumably running out of crates to dig through in West Africa for Soundway's splendid series of 70s archive recordings...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Radio Cos

Radio Cos

Radio Cos

Fol Musica

Rating: ★★★

Xurxo Fernandes and Quique Peón are pandeireteiros – tambourine men. Popular on the folk circuit in their native Galicia, they...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Troubles

Troubles

Dirtmusic

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

Hugo Race and Chris Eckman have previous form in Mali. The duo behind Dirtmusic are both rock musicians of some...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of The Lost Tapes

The Lost Tapes

Rodion GA

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

Every now and then a release sneaks out of the woodwork that nobody is prepared for. Strut have stumbled upon...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Stand Up, People: Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito's Yugoslavia 1964-1980

Stand Up, People: Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito's Yugoslavia 1964-1980

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vlax Records

Rating: ★★★★★

When students Philip Knox and Nathaniel Morris found they shared a passion for Balkan music, specifically the kind discovered in...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Ninikamawinan: Songs of Our People

Ninikamawinan: Songs of Our People

Iskwew Singers

Iskwew Singers

Rating: ★★★★

When you consider the juggernaut of American colonisation and the effect it has had on Native Americans, it's amazing that...

Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

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