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Review of Cuban Jazz Report

Cuban Jazz Report

Cuban Jazz Report

Stunt

Rating: ★★★★

Thanks to its state-sponsored conservatoires Cuba has long been a petri dish for maestro-worthy musicality. Cuban Jazz Report is a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020

Review of Hafla

Hafla

Jon Balke’s Siwan

ECM

Rating: ★★★

East meets West via North and South in this latest project from Siwan, an international collaboration of musicians headed by...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2022

Review of Melbourne Ska Orchestra

Melbourne Ska Orchestra

Melbourne Ska Orchestra

Universal Music

Rating: ★★★★

Originally formed back in 2003, as a quasi-attempt to set a new world record for the most horn musicians playing...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2013

Review of Batik

Batik

Gabriele Poso

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★

Gabriele Poso was born in Italy but has a musical understanding that is global in reach. This is owing to...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Cuttin' Grass Vol 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions

Cuttin' Grass Vol 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions

Sturgill Simpson

High Top Mountain Records

Rating: ★★★

Sturgill Simpson's Cuttin' Grass Vol 2 features the same combination of insightful, often satirically humorous and self-deprecating, songwriting and brilliant...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2021

Review of Bilinmeyenle Karşılaşmak

Bilinmeyenle Karşılaşmak

Erkan Oğur

Kalan

Rating: ★★★★

It has been 17 years since Oğur and Demircioğlu's last album, Anadolu Beşık. The best-loved duo of Turkish folk have...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2017

Review of The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers

The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers

Yīn Yīn

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★

For this release, four musicians from Maastricht, the Netherlands get together and jam, playing disco, funk and rock filtered through...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2020

Review of Live in Stockholm 1969

Live in Stockholm 1969

Zia Mohiuddin Dagar & Pandit Taranath

Country & Eastern

Rating: ★★★★

The rudra veena (or bīn) player Zia Mohiuddin Dagar came from one of the oldest musical lineages in India, a...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2015

Review of Tronzar os Valos

Tronzar os Valos

Sés

Fol Música

Rating: ★★

Maria Xosé Silvar – known as Sés – is one of Galicia's most notable artists. Her repertoire ranges across rock,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2015

Review of Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven

Taichmania

Taichmania

Rating: ★★★

Taichmania are an Israeli fusion group headed by multi-instrumentalist and composer Yaniv Taichman. Seventh Heaven, their debut, gives the occasional...

Reviewed by Thomas Graves in issue: December/2019

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