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Review of Close Enough to Hear

Close Enough to Hear

Mile Twelve

Mile Twelve

Rating: ★★★★

With their previous two albums, 2017's Onwards and 2019's enchanting City on a Hill, the warmth, precision and virtuosity of...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2023

Review of Celilo Falls

Celilo Falls

Rachel Harrington

Skinny Dennis Records

Rating: ★★★★

Born in a small town in Oregon, a child of the Pacific Northwest whose Pentecostal family traces its lineage back...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Mirla

Mirla

Monte

Monte

Rating: ★★★★

Nature has often been an inspiration for Bomba Estéreo, a handful of tracks from their albums Elegancia Tropical and Amanecer...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/2021

Review of Istanbul

Istanbul

Shantel & Cümbüs Cemaat

Essay Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Given that Frankfurt DJ and producer Shantel had already gone to his ancestral home in the old borderlands of the...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Poison Fruit

Poison Fruit

Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Poison Fruit is an electric, groove-based collage of Brazilian vibes. As an unorthodox take on Brazilian music, this album could...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: May/2019

Review of From Kinshasa

From Kinshasa

Mbongwana Star

World Circuit

Rating: ★★★★

When the much-lauded Congolese band Staff Benda Bilili imploded in early 2013, at the height of their global fame, that...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2015

Review of Ambuya!

Ambuya!

Stella Chiweshe

Piranha Records

Rating: ★★★

Piranha Records have delved into their archives, looked in the ‘1987’ box and recovered the record that started it all...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2021

Review of Wild and Free

Wild and Free

Ziggy Marley

VP Records

Rating: ★★

Despite the passing of reggae legend Bob Marley over two decades ago, his family legacy lives on. On top of...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Yeshi Dolma

Yeshi Dolma

Tenzin Choegyal, Katherine Philp & Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra

Top of the World

Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra

Rating: ★★★★

Yeshi Dolma is the culmination of ten years of collaboration between Tenzin Choegyal from Tibet and Australian Katherine Philp. They...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: June/2022

Review of Rosa del Sud

Rosa del Sud

Milagro Acustico

Cultural Bridge

Rating: ★★★

In his wanderings through the poetic and sonic landscapes of the Mediterranean, re-imagining the historical and cultural bedrock of his...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: November/2015

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