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Various Artists / Cuisine Non-Stop: Introduction to the French Nouvelle Generation
Hyped as the herald of a post-punk "neo-realist" movement to revive the pre-WW II chanson, Luaka Bop's latest compilation instead offers a fascinating glimpse at an unplugged alternative scene that barely nods to the soap-operatic "realist" tradition of...Piaf.
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Orchestra Baobab / Pirates Choice
By turns inspiring and soothing, spell-binding, the Pirates Choice album takes the listener to another time, back to a magical studio session, where the musicians fell effortlessly into relaxed rhythmic grooves over which the singers and soloists sang and played a few of their favourite songs.
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June Tabor / Rosa Mundi
There is surely no other singer who would record a concept album devoted to roses, sung in English, French and German, and ranging from traditional ballads to Tchaikovsky to a new song about the gardening skills of Napoleon's Josephine.
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Gigi / Gigi
She composes in her native Amharic tongue, but Ethiopian vocal sensation Gigi renders her songcraft in a universal language that reflects a multitude of influences.
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Sharon Shannon / The Diamond Mountain Sessions
Sharon Shannon's The Diamond Mountain Sessions is a rollicking Irish house party!...
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Los Super Seven / Canto
The material is a grab-bag of Cuban, Mexican and Brazilian songs that put the spotlight directly on the singer (true to the title of the album)...
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