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The Bulgarian Voices: Angelite - “Angelina” CD Review

26 March 2013

Angelite Bulgarian Voices Angelina Jaro Bulgaria Polyphonic Choir Georgi Petkov Theodosii Spassov Ivan Spassov Stoyan Yankulov World Music WorldMusic.co.uk Glyn Phillips Review CD Kaval tambura gadulka Huun Huur Tu Moscow Art Trio

"Angelite are fantastic singers, living instruments in fact." The Bulgarian Voices: Angelite - "Angelina" (Jaro 4310-2) Angelite come from the great Bulgarian tradition of large polyphonic female choirs, yet in this new (2013) album "Angelina...
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Rough Guide to Acoustic Africa - CD Review

08 March 2013

Acoustic Africa Rough Guide World Music Network Mory Kante Nuru Kane Etran Finatawa Amadou Diagne Syran Mbenza Samba Toure Koo Nimo Sotho Monoswezi Review Glyn Phillips worldmusic.co.uk

Over recent years there seems to have be
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Carla Pires - “Rota das Paixões” - Thumbnail Review

02 March 2013

Carla Pires Fado Rota das Paixões World Village Harmonia Mundi Paulo Abreu Lima Antonio Neto

"Gorgeous, romantic, wistful" Gorge
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Raza Khan - Womex 2012 (Thessaloniki 18/10/12)

10 November 2012

Raza Khan Sufi Qawwali Punjab India Sham Chourasi Gharana Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan RockPaperScissors Vellidis Theatre Helexpo Thessaloniki Greece harmonium tabla De Kulture Glyn Phillips WorldMusic.co.uk Womex

Raza Khan is one of the most amazing si
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Jamie Smith's Mabon - Windblown - CD Review

01 November 2012

Windblown Jamie Smith Mabon Easy on the Record Celtic Folk Iolo Whelan Oliver Wilson-Dickson Adam Rhodes Matt Downer Tomas Callister Calum Stewart Dylan Fowler World Music WorldMusic.co.uk Glyn Phillips Review

"a confident, breezy, joyous album
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Andy Kershaw - "No Off Switch: An Autobiography" - Review

04 October 2012

Andy Kershaw No Off Switch autobiography world music BBC Radio Serpent's Tail Random House broadcasting journalism

"Best autobiography I have ever read"
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Vusa Mkhaya - “Vocalism” (ARC Music) - Review

28 September 2012

Vusa Mkhaya Vocalism Insingizi ARC Music Zimbabwe 10th District Susan Blake Brian Bangura Ramadu Thomas Ronasz Setsabile Masina Sithole Othnell Mangoma Moyo Silethemba Magonya Glyn Phillips Review WorldMusic.co.uk

Zimbabwe’s Vusa Mkhaya steps aside
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Deeyah presents “Nordic Woman” (Fuuse Mousiqi) - Review

25 September 2012

Nordic Woman Deeyah Fuuse Mousiqi Mari Boine Bára Grímsdóttir Unni Løvlid Annbjørg Lien Tuva Livysdatter Syvertsen Frifot Garmarna Ranarim Valravn Phønix Suo Kirsten Bråten Berg Suden Aika Adjágas MeNaiset Ragga Gröndal Hei∂a Árnadóttir Tone Hul

"Nordic Woman" is an 18-track compilatio
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Water Tower Bucket Boys - Birmingham, UK, (11/9/12)

14 September 2012

Water Tower Bucket Boys Bluegrass Country Folk Josh Rabie Kenny Feinstein Gordon Keeper Oregon Where The Crow Don't Fly Sole Kitchen Catfish on the Line Hare and Hounds Birmingham World Unlimited WorldMusic.co.uk World Music Glyn Phillips review

The curiously named Water Tower Bucket B
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