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Review of Tree of Dreams

Tree of Dreams

Huong Thanh

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Tree of Dreams is Huong Thanh's second album of traditional Vietnamese music following the release of Cai Luong Music in...

Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Projection One

Projection One

Edzayawa

Soundway

Rating: ★★★

The term ‘rock’ was so out of favour at the time of the 1980s world music boom, it's taken until...

Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Suitcase Blues

Suitcase Blues

The Harris Brothers

Scuffletown Records

Rating: ★★★★

Less is more when it comes to the Harris Brothers. For the better part of two decades, the sibling duo...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Indian Ragas & Medieval Song

Indian Ragas & Medieval Song

Dominique Vellard, Ken Zuckerman, Anindo Chatterjee & Keyvan Chemirani

Top of the World

Glossa Music

Rating: ★★★★★

The tenor Dominique Vellard is an outstanding figure in the performance of early and Renaissance music, while Ken Zuckerman is...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Life & Times

Life & Times

Lucky Dube

Metro Select

Rating: ★★★★

The first reaction on receiving yet another Lucky Dube compilation is to groan inwardly. Since the South African reggae star's...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Chili Houritki

Chili Houritki

Mounira Mitchala

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★★

One of the few singers from Chad to emerge onto the international stage, Mitchala was first heard of half a...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of The Old Wheel of Fortune

The Old Wheel of Fortune

Fidil

Top of the World

Fidil

Rating: ★★★★★

There's an old Irish saying that claims'the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune.’ It's doubtful whether the fiddles employed...

Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of All About Jazz

All About Jazz

Kojato & the Afro Latin Cougaritas

Buyu Records

Rating: ★★★

There are comparatively few musicians from Liberia in West Africa who have received international exposure, and Kojo Ebenezer Samuels is...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Tales from the Barrel House

Tales from the Barrel House

Seth Lakeman

Top of the World

Honour Oak Records

Rating: ★★★★

Morwellham, on Devon's side of the Tamar river, is a treasure-trove of industrial archaeology, a World Heritage site that contains...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Gagok, Pungnyu III

Gagok, Pungnyu III

Jeong Ga Ak Hoe

Akdang Eban

Rating: ★★★

This is a beautifully packaged atmospheric recording, but one that may take some getting used to. The gagok repertoire, protected...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Apr/May/2012

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