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Review of Squirrel Hunting

Squirrel Hunting

Hot Rock Pilgrims

Hot Rock Pilgrims

Rating: ★★★

The debut album by Hot Rock Pilgrims proves at least one thing: given enough talent and determination, a pan-European quintet...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of La Mujer Que Yo Quiero

La Mujer Que Yo Quiero

David Broza

David Broza

Rating: ★★★★

The story of how Israeli singer and guitarist David Broza's new album La Mujer Que Yo Quiero came about is...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2023

Review of Cohesion

Cohesion

Anchorsong

Tru Thoughts

Rating: ★★★

The third full-length offering from London-based producer Masaaki Yoshida sees him turn his hand to material inspired by Bollywood soundtracks...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2018

Review of The Rough Guide to Peru Rare Groove

The Rough Guide to Peru Rare Groove

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

Those who come to this cheerful, varied collection of rare, overlooked or forgotten gems from various vaults with expectations of...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2016

Review of Movimento

Movimento

Aline Frazão

Ponto Zurca

Rating: ★★

You could say that Aline Frazão is the Mayra Andrade of Angola – a singer who has made a concerted...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2015

Review of Todo el Mundo

Todo el Mundo

Kiko Villamizar

WEPA Studios

Rating: ★★★

Texas-based Colombian musician and lately also stand-up comedian Kiko Villamizar has released his new album Todo el Mundo following the...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2022

Review of Sounds Like Home

Sounds Like Home

Captain Planet

Bastard Jazz

Rating: ★★

Building on the stylistic journey of his 2020 album NO VISA, American DJ and producer Captain Planet brings retro styles...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/September/2023

Review of XIV – A Integração

XIV – A Integração

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Shika Shika

Rating: ★★★★

XIV – A Integração is a wonderfully untidy, uneven pile of ideas, mysticism and sacred touchstones, electro-acoustics and real sound,...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Off the Grid

Off the Grid

Onipa

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★

‘The word [Onipa] means ‘human’ in Akan, the ancient language of the Ashanti people of Ghana,’ frontman Kweku Sackey (aka...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2023

Review of MLDVA & Çınar Timur

MLDVA & Çınar Timur

MLDVA & Çınar Timur

Shapes of Rhythm

Rating: ★★★

In recent years, there’s been a surfeit of European groups dedicated to recreating the sound of 1970s Anatolian pop and...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2023

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