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Review of Öptüm

Öptüm

Sezen Aksu

Top of the World

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

Sezen Aksu is routinely hailed as the ‘Queen of Turkish Pop’. But it's a tag that grossly underplays her talent...

Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: October/2011

Review of What the Folk?!

What the Folk?!

Kerekes Band

Hangveto

Rating: ★★

2008's Fela Kalappal took the Hungarian band's repertoire of music out of the Carpathians and pulled it into the shape...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2011

Review of The Hare's Corner

The Hare's Corner

Colm Mac Con lomaire

Plateau Records

Rating: ★★★

Released in his native Ireland in 2008, Cúinne An Ghiorria (The Hare's Corner) is the solo debut by Kíla co-founder...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2011

Review of Africa Caribe

Africa Caribe

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Fania

Rating: ★★★

To inject some life into their catalogue of 4,000 albums, the current owners of Fania Records turned over master tapes...

Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2011

Review of Returning Minimalism – In Nem (Gamelan of Central Java XV)

Returning Minimalism – In Nem (Gamelan of Central Java XV)

Various Artists

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

The first thing you notice about In Nem is that there are 96 seconds of silence between each of the...

Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: October/2011

Review of View From Somewhere

View From Somewhere

Amira Kheir

Contro Cultura Music

Rating: ★★★

Politically, Sudan has had its fair share of unrest, leaving most with the impression that there is no more to...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2011

Review of Saturnine

Saturnine

Jackie Oates

ECC Records

Rating: ★★★

Saturnine arrived with a press release announcing that Jackie Oates has launched a range of cosmetics in the Lush stores....

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2011

Review of Ossicles

Ossicles

Karl Seglem

Ozella

Rating: ★★★★

A musical journey connecting Africa and the Middle East to the mountains and valleys of Norway is one that few...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Por Meu Cante

Por Meu Cante

António Zambujo

World Village

Rating: ★★★

Por Meu Cante was originally released in 2004 and it’s the second of Antonio Zambujo’s albums. Although his singing only...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Tell My Sister

Tell My Sister

Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

They were the unlikeliest of pop stars: two sisters from the ancient Laurentian moun¬tain range north¬west of Montreal, plain-spoken homebodies...

Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

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