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Review of It's Still Autumn

It's Still Autumn

Kayhan Kalhor & the Rembrandt Frerichs Trio

Top of the World

Kepera Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The collaboration between Iranian kamancheh spike-fiddle master Kayhan Kalhor and the Dutch baroque-jazz ensemble Rembrandt Frerichs Trio has been a...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of The Fallen Angel's Unravelling Descent

The Fallen Angel's Unravelling Descent

Avital Raz

Sotones Records

Rating: ★★★

Avital Raz is a bravely original singer-songwriter with an intriguing history. Born in Jerusalem where she sang classical music as...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2017

Review of Home

Home

Sushma Soma with Aditya Prakash

Sushma Soma

Rating: ★★★★

Forest fires create an ashen, black landscape in the Amazon. Over in India, an elephant stumbles across a pineapple, begins...

Reviewed by James Scott Roriston in issue: July/2022

Review of Vida-Código

Vida-Código

Tiganá Santana

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★★

For Vida-Código -his fourth album and his third on the Swedish Ajabu! label – Tiganá Santana presents very little of...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2020

Review of Y’Anbessaw Tezeta

Y’Anbessaw Tezeta

Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex

Top of the World

Terp

Rating: ★★★★★

What a delight this new collaboration between Ethiopian saxophone legend Getatchew Mekuria and The Ex proves to be. Showcasing something...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Ramblin' Soul

Ramblin' Soul

Melissa Carper

Mae Music/Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★

Count this as a lucky ramble in Melissa Carper's beloved Dodge van (the subject of one of her 11 original...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2023

Review of Lebanon Elevator

Lebanon Elevator

Kamel Nitrate

Kamel Nitrate

Rating: ★

Kamel Nitrate are to all intents and purposes a fusion band, mixing funk, trip-hop and Arab drum styles. Unfortunately, the...

Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: April/2018

Review of White Light: The Space Between

White Light: The Space Between

O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

Signum Classics

Rating: ★★★★

O/Modernt, which translates as ‘unmodern’, is the conceptual brainchild of British-born violinist Hugo Ticciati. On White Light: The Space Between,...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: July/2018

Review of Tropix

Tropix

Céu

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's easy to forget how much of a revelation Céu was when she released her self-titled debut in 2005. Seductive...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2016

Review of Até ao Fim

Até ao Fim

Katia Guerreiro

KGP Produções

Rating: ★★★

Até ao Fim marks a turning point in Guerreiro's career. But fear not: she's not quit fado. She's not exactly...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Apr/May/2015

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