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Review of Sababa 5

Sababa 5

Sababa 5

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★

Tel Aviv's Sababa 5 are a quintet of hard-working musos who have loaned their talents to a boatload of Israeli...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2023

Review of Medicine Man Orchestra

Medicine Man Orchestra

Medicine Man Orchestra

Aribo Productions

Rating: ★★★

An unlikely sonic collision, Medicine Man Orchestra brings together the divergent universes of electronic sound design (Alissa Syllah), West African...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2021

Review of Nomadic Spirit

Nomadic Spirit

La Caravane Passe

At(h)ome

Rating: ★★★

For two decades, and across five albums, La Caravane Passe (The Caravan Passes) has delivered a music steeped in Balkan...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2020

Review of Saraba Sufiyana

Saraba Sufiyana

Rafiki Jazz

Konimusic

Rating: ★★★

Rafiki Jazz, the global band who bring together all manner of musicians so to demonstrate that music knows no borders,...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Otherlands:ONE

Otherlands:ONE

Casey Driessen

Red Shoe Records

Rating: ★★★★

American fiddler Casey Driessen spent nine months travelling the world, meeting, listening and playing with local musicians until COVID-19 eventually...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2021

Review of Entre l’Érable et le Cocotier

Entre l’Érable et le Cocotier

Pascale LeBlanc

Pascale LeBlanc

Rating: ★★★

Although born in Montréal, singer and multi-instrumentalist Pascale LeBlanc grew up in Haiti, her mother’s homeland. Her songs reflect much...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Three Bells

Three Bells

Jerry Douglas, Mike Auldridge & Rob Ickes

Top of the World

Rounder Records

Rating: ★★★★

Take three of the greatest dobro players on the planet, toss them together in a studio with a playlist that...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2014

Review of Sawa Sawa

Sawa Sawa

Sawa Sawa

Jinn Records

Rating: ★★

Sawa Sawa (‘all together’ in Sudanese Arabic) is a project that unites artists from across Sudan to make a statement...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2023

Review of Lanmou Lanmou

Lanmou Lanmou

Dowdelin

Underdog Records

Rating: ★★★

Dowdelin (a play on the word ‘dawdling’) are a four-piece band based in Lyon, France, whose name is a bit...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: April/2022

Review of Beats Vol 2

Beats Vol 2

Te Vaka

Spirit of Play

Rating: ★★★

With over 20 years’ experience of recording and performing both traditional and contemporary Pacific music, Te Vaka have always been...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2020

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