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Review of Windrush Baby

Windrush Baby

Aleighcia Scott

RoryStoneLove/Black Dub Music

Rating: ★★★★

The debut album from the Welsh-Jamaican singer Aleighcia Scott is worth checking out both for the range and variety of...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2023

Review of Cape Verdean Blues

Cape Verdean Blues

Kavita Shah

Folkalist Records

Rating: ★★★★

Award-winning vocalist Kavita Shah presents a homage to the legendary Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, as well as an expression...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2023

Review of Strata

Strata

El Búho

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Along with a memorable roll call of musicians/producers from the UK, El Búho has fallen in love with Latin America,...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2023

Review of Moonshine

Moonshine

Maurice Louca & Elephantine

Subrosa / Northern

Rating: ★★★★

Initially a pioneer in electronic dance music with a specific Egyptian flavour, culminating in a perfect synthesis with shaabi and...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: November/2023

Review of Bolinus Brandaris: Flamenco from the Bay of Cadiz

Bolinus Brandaris: Flamenco from the Bay of Cadiz

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Dust-to-Digital

Rating: ★★★

If you like your flamenco raw and unadulterated, without the studio frippery of added effects and multi-tracking that makes so...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2023

Review of KÖY

KÖY

AySay

No Bounds Music

Rating: ★★★

AySay is a Danish/Kurdish/Turkish trio led by Luna Bülow Ersahin, who is known for creating pop music drawn from traditional...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2023

Review of Approach to Anima

Approach to Anima

maya ongaku

Guruguru Brain

Rating: ★★

Basically a trio, the self-proclaimed ‘ragtag collective’ of maya ongaku is based in the Ace General Store on their local...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: November/2023

Review of The Room

The Room

Fabiano Do Nascimento & Sam Gendel

Real World

Rating: ★★★★

Back in 1964 American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto released Getz/Gilberto, one of the bestselling jazz albums...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2024

Review of 20 Sonneurs In C

20 Sonneurs In C

Erwan Keravec

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Terry Riley’s ‘In C’ is one of the early landmarks of American minimalism, composed in 1964 and first performed on...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2024

Review of Fado Camões

Fado Camões

LINA_

Top of the World

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★★

The artist known as LINA_ is a fado singer with an exquisite voice and a love of experimentation. She won...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2024

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