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Review of One Love, One Life

One Love, One Life

Beres Hammond

VP Records

Rating: ★★★

Despite being an unremarkable figure during reggae's golden era in the 70s, Beres Hammond has created a contemporary two-disc album...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2013

Review of Build

Build

Rupa & the April Fishes

Electric Gumbo Radio Music

Rating: ★★★

Indian-American singer-songwriter Rupa Mayra and her troupe of San Francisco-based activist musicians return with their sophisticated global sound-world and rebellious...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2013

Review of Não Tente Compreender

Não Tente Compreender

Mart'nália

Biscoito Fino

Rating: ★★

Like Moreno Veloso, Preta Gil and Maria Rita, Mart'nália Mendonça Ferreira is the child of famous musical parents. Her mother...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2013

Review of Riots in the Jungle

Riots in the Jungle

Skip & Die

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★

Skip & Die are an enigmatic creative duo who've made a debut album that could and should be reviewed by...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2013

Review of Balkan Beats SoundLab

Balkan Beats SoundLab

Robert Soko

Piranha

Rating: ★★★

You can certainly pass a pleasant enough hour listening, dancing or jogging to this. It's a kind of wantonly random...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2013

Review of My World

My World

Cubanito

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★

Formerly known as Cubanito 20.02, the pioneering reggaeton trio have lost a member since DJ Flipper decided not to return...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2013

Review of Black Box

Black Box

Nicolas Repac

Top of the World

No Format

Rating: ★★★★

In his 2004 album Swing Swing, guitarist, composer and producer Nicolas Repac took a futuristic journey through the history of...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: March/2013

Review of Old Man Below

Old Man Below

The Dust Busters with John Cohen

Top of the World

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★

Formed in 2008, The Dust Busters are the upper crust of the new generation of old-time string bands that have...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2013

Review of 968 CR13

968 CR13

Massilia Sound System

Le Chant du Monde

Rating: ★★★★

Massilia Sound System surged out of the 80s underground party scene in Marseille. They're the group that pretty much single-handedly...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2013

Review of La Banda Municipal de Santiago de Cuba

La Banda Municipal de Santiago de Cuba

La Banda Municipal de Santiago de Cuba

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

One of the island's wonderful historic musical institutions, the 114-year-old municipal brass band of Santiago continues to soldier on, notwithstanding...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: March/2013

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