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Review of Nueva Timba

Nueva Timba

Harold López-Nussa

Blue Note

Rating: ★★

López-Nussa is a Cuban pianist (lately living in Toulouse) who draws from both Latin jazz and his native folkloric sounds....

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2025

Review of Pequena Vertigem de Amor

Pequena Vertigem de Amor

Sessa

Mexican Summer

Rating: ★★★★

Sessa is a Brazilian musician from São Paulo. His latest album Pequena Vertigem de Amor adds yet another layer to...

Reviewed by George Newton in issue: December/2025

Review of Long Journey Home – A Century After The 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention

Long Journey Home – A Century After The 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Appalsongs

Rating: ★★★★

John McCutcheon is known for his concept albums paying homage to folks like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. His new...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: December/2025

Review of Lost Measures

Lost Measures

Leveret

Top of the World

Leveret

Rating: ★★★★★

Leveret (Sam Sweeney on fiddle and viola, Andy Cutting on button accordion/melodeon and Rob Harbron on English concertina) return with...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2025

Review of Primordial Soup

Primordial Soup

Eje Eje

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★

If, as scientists suggest, the primordial soup is the thick gloop from which all life sprang, then the suggestion here...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/2025

Review of Nancy 11

Nancy 11

Nancy Ajram

Believe

Rating: ★★★

Named by Spotify as “the Queen of Arabic Pop”, Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram’s updated take on traditional sounds has given...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: December/2025

Review of Sounds of the Eclipse

Sounds of the Eclipse

Anton de Bruin

Sundown Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Rotterdam-based Anton de Bruin is a keyboardist, composer and producer, as well as the founder of record label Sundown Recordings....

Reviewed by George Newton in issue: December/2025

Review of Sîn

Sîn

Ko Shin Moon

Total Totem

Rating: ★★★

Did you ever go into a shop selling vapes and mobile phone cases and the dude behind the counter is...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/2025

Review of Tribute to Kandia

Tribute to Kandia

Kaabi Kouyaté

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

For more than 40 years, Kaabi Kouyaté’s career has spanned theatre, traditional Guinean music and Mandinka jazz. Now this extraordinary...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: January/2026

Review of AVTT/PTTN

AVTT/PTTN

AVTT/PTTN

Ramseur Records

Rating: ★★★

After squirming at the ungainly artist name and title, we can discover this unlikely collaboration between avant-metal singer Mike Patton...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/2026

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