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Review of Saha Gnawa

Saha Gnawa

Saha Gnawa

Top of the World

Pique-nique Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

Collaborations between jazz musicians and members of the Afro-Moroccan Gnawa community are nothing new, though they rarely seem to live...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2025

Review of Lodèr la vi

Lodèr la vi

Saodaj

Buda Musique/Socadisc

Rating: ★★★★

Since 2012, the group Saodaj from La Réunion has been following its own path, becoming one of the most emblematic...

Reviewed by Łukasz Komła in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Jaliya Silokang (The Path of a Griot)

Jaliya Silokang (The Path of a Griot)

Suntou Susso

Suntou Susso

Rating: ★★★

Over the past decade, Gambian-born griot Suntou Susso has collaborated with his half-brother Seckou Keita, toured with his father Mamudou...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Carranca

Carranca

Urias

Warner Brazil

Rating: ★★★

Urias is a rising MPB star who uses her platform to sing about Black and LGBTQIA+ rights, positioning her music...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Gatherings

Gatherings

John Smith

Commoner

Rating: ★★★★

John Smith is best experienced live, which is just as well, as he often spends 200 days of the year...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Roots

Roots

Kasia Kadłubowska

Go North Records

Rating: ★★★

Kasia Kadłubowska, a Polish percussionist based in Berlin, is on a journey to retrace her roots on the Polish-Ukrainian-Belarusian borderlands....

Reviewed by Michał Wieczorek in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Be The Sky

Be The Sky

Tenzin Choegyal & Philip Glass

Top of the World

Orange Mountain Music

Rating: ★★★★

Be The Sky is a heartfelt tribute to the 90th birthday of H.H. the Dalai Lama by his...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Byin Arrivé

Byin Arrivé

Etinsel Maloya

Zamora

Rating: ★★

From La Réunion comes an action-packed album featuring eight young musicians, fronted by the punchy Creole vocals of lead singer...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: April/2026

Review of Makaya

Makaya

Wesli

WUP

Rating: ★★★★

Does this ring any bells: “The fourth track, also in twoubadou style but merging into a faster kompa, [showcases] Wesli’s...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: April/2026

Review of Incendo

Incendo

Blazin’ Fiddles

Blazin’ Records

Rating: ★★★★

Feisty fiddles and thrilling tunes have long been at the heart of Scotland’s mighty Blazin’ Fiddles – and their new...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2026

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