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This disc proves that music doesn't have much truck with geopolitics.
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If they can only let some grit into the studio, they’ll find a powerful voice of...
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Few bands exude this kind of confidence and panache...
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The trick of all great balladeers is to compel you to turn your ear to the speakers...
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...Hats, veils and, well, jeans off to Rough Guide for pulling together this lively...
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The best world music/ethnic release of the year is also one of the best across all the...
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If Garth Brooks makes his music for George W Bush, then Garth Cartwright MCs for the...
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Music for ears and minds seeking a bridge to heaven.
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Her breathy, fragile, high-pitched voice means she often sounds like a child, but...
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Boldly Brazilian, with a snaking samba that winds itself around subtle bass riffs and...
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While the flourishes are a little less celestial throughout, this is a faithful,...
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This sprinkling of familiar seasoning will serve to make a very exotic musical...
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...an exploration of elemental states and emotions...
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This is essentially Deep Forest, Enya and Jean Michel Jarre mixed with some astute...
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All songs are ultimately feral, almost chaotic, and weirdly funky too.
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This is not quite an ethnic homecoming. There's a rich mix of countries and styles,...
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'..there's not a genre or pigeonhole anywhere that can diminish its originality and...
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'..this is a lounge to step into if you need to chill after too much Latin passion or...
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'the album would have been far better if this superstar had been encouraged to be more...
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'Amparanoia are without doubt one of the best live acts around, and approach studio...
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'One of the most upbeat albums to appear this year, Ska Cubano is held together by a...
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She plunders her country's native musical heritage, telling stories, confessing her...
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'Horse and Fish delivers a crisp modern fusion of smoochy bossa and more upbeat...
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'...the uninitiated or sceptical should start here.'
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The Leeds cooperative, no mere band this, have kept up their tradition of artfully...
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...will be adored by Sosa-followers as well as fans of percussion led music.
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...[plays] with gusto and the technical brilliance the solo drum demands.
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'To this multi-stranded, complex but extremely popular regional form, Spasiuk brings a...
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'Marcos Valle subtly pulls other moods into his stylish sound. It's kept him ageless...
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'Tango Varón takes its inspiration from the intimate world of cabaret and cafe...
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'At her best this Bahian singer - raised in Rio - takes you to impossible beaches lit...
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The songs are breathless, built on sublime reels up and down the frets . Rodrigo and...
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'There can, though, be no doubting the promise of this duo, and the Irish-Hispanic mix...
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'Joyce's music exports well, partly because her voice works anywhere but also because...
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He's often angst-ridden and energetic and can deliver raps and rants with gut-twisting...
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'As well as losing her short blonde locks for brunette waves, Albita has switched from...
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Stuart Staples mumbles about romantic betrayal, bedroom angst and the inevitability of...
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'La Revancha del Tango' by Franco-Argentine outfit Gotan Project takes tango away from...
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An album of jet black lyrics which, played off against an off-kilter positive energy...
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Putumayo turn their attention to the emerging 'Nouvelle Scene' in this 12 track...
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There's something cute and quite cool about the idea of young 'uns swaying their heads...
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Many of these artists are revisiting their origins by paring things down and allowing...
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Music for the summer: throwaway, feelgood, and pretty fickle.
