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Review of Welcome to New Hoyle

Welcome to New Hoyle

Brad Fielder

Brad Fielder

Rating: ★★★

New Hoyle is a figment of Brad Fielder’s musical imagination. Inspired by a tiny, no-longer-extant town in north-west Oklahoma where...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2022

Review of Capacity to Love

Capacity to Love

Ibrahim Maalouf

Mister IBE

Rating: ★★★★

What do you do when you’ve performed from atop the Eiffel Tower, sold out such prestigious venues as the Barbican...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2022

Review of Most Jöttem

Most Jöttem

Félix Lajkó

Top of the World

Fonó

Rating: ★★★★

Félix Lajkó is Hungary's most groundbreaking violinist and this is one of his best recordings in years. He inhabits an...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Madre: The Hypnotic Dance's Time

Madre: The Hypnotic Dance's Time

Giuliano Gabriele

iCompany

Rating: ★★★★

Born in Latium's historic town of Sora, the Italian-French singer and diatonic accordionist Giuliano Gabriele here presents his second album,...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2016

Review of Saturno 2000: La Rebajada de Los Sonideros 1962-83

Saturno 2000: La Rebajada de Los Sonideros 1962-83

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★★

Mexican sonidero (DJ) Gabriel Dueñez had been playing a set for five or six hours when his turntable began overheating...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2022

Review of Namer of Clouds

Namer of Clouds

Kitty Macfarlane

Navigator Records

Rating: ★★★★

The debut album of young Somerset singer Kitty Macfarlane features striking original songs alongside two traditional Somerset pieces from the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2018

Review of Infinity

Infinity

Duo Naranjo-Weurlander

Valle Music/MWmusica

Rating: ★★

Chilean pianist Tania Naranjo and Finnish accordionist Minna Weurlander hail from different hemispheres but are united by a common adopted...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Mam Yinne Wa

Mam Yinne Wa

Algote Oho & His Sounds of Joy

Philophon

Rating: ★★★★

Algote Oho is a Frafra gospel singer who cut his musical teeth performing in churches and festivals all over Ghana,...

Reviewed by Tim Clarke-Romain in issue: March/2020

Review of Destiny

Destiny

Abdelli

Zimbraz/Music & Words

Rating: ★★★★

Born in Algeria during the independence war, Abderrahmane Abdelli first came to wider attention with his 1995 Real World album...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2012

Review of Cumbia Siglo XXI

Cumbia Siglo XXI

Meridian Brothers

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

Colombian society and culture is always at the core of Meridian Brothers, a conceptual tropical band led by Eblis Alvarez....

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

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