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Martin Simpson, Vagrant Stanz…

In folk circles, any new album from Martin Simpson is an event, and the b… more »

Orchestra Super Mazembe, Maze…

In the ’70s, it wasn’t unusual for soul and funk singles to b… more »

Samba Touré, Albala…

If the late, great Ali Farka Touré has a spiritual heir, it’… more »

Rachid Taha, Zoom

Over his 30-year career, Algerian singer-songwriter Rachid Taha has often… more »

Various Artists, Diablos del …

The city of Barranquilla on the Caribbean coast of Colombia is the place … more »

Lo’Jo, CinÃ…

It is testament to the talents of globetrotting French band Lo’Jo t… more »

Megson, When I Was A Lad…

Stu and Debbie Hanna, the married duo from Teeside known as Megson, have … more »

Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scand…

Right at the start, Toumani Diabaté’s kora ripples wit… more »

Will Dutta, Parergon

Will Dutta’s music lies at the nexus where modern classical, New Ag… more »

Los Miticos Del Ritmo, Los Mi…

Hardcore cumbia. That’s what Will “Quantic” Holland lov… more »

Amadou and Mariam, Folila…

Blind Malian duo Amadou and Mariam began their global march a few years a… more »

Ebo Taylor, Appia Kwa Bridge…

At 76, Ebo Taylor has more musical bounce to the ounce than most performe… more »

WhoMadeWho, Brighter

For the last nine years, WhoMadeWho have been operating out on the fringe… more »

Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.…

Rodrigo y Gabriela have become unlikely stars, a pair of Mexican metal gu… more »

Various Artists, The Original…

Somewhere in the last decade, cumbia reached out from Colombia and went g… more »

Makossa & Megablast, Soy…

Austrian DJs and producers Makossa & Megablast hit big four years ag… more »

Liz Green, O, Devotion!…

Back in 2007, on the strength of just one single, the British music press… more »

eMusic Q&A: Omar Souleyma…

On the map of Syria, a slim finger of land extends to the northeast. This… more »

Alessi’s Ark, Time Trav…

The second full-length from Alessi’s Ark confirms what her 2009 deb… more »

Various Artists, Johnny Boy W…

When John Martyn died aged 60 in 2009, he left a legacy of 20 studio albu… more »

Jukebox Jury: Analog Africa…

There are crate-diggers, and then there is Samy Ben Rajab. The compilatio… more »

Huun-Huur-Tu, Where Young Gra…

The overtone, or throat singing, of the Tuvan people of Central Asia is t… more »

Sofia Armenian Choir , Armeni…

Another church album? What could be so good about that? Well, quite a lot… more »

Various Artists, Celebrate Mu…

Celebrating the founder of Islam with R&B-styled singers and boy band… more »

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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

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