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Review of Ephemera

Ephemera

Ensemble Lingua Franca

Lingua Franca Productions

Rating: ★★★

All four musicians of Lingua Franca are graduates of the Rotterdam Conservatoire (CODARTS) and two are now teachers there, specialising...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Ma De Re Sha

Ma De Re Sha

Rahul Mukerji

Rahul Mukerji

Rating: ★★★

It would be easy to lump Rahul Mukerji's fusion guitar music in with the tradition of John McLaughlin, but nothing...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Long Road to Tiznit

Long Road to Tiznit

Ramon Goose

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

Blues guitarist and serial collaborator Ramon Goose, most recently heard with the West African Blues Project, is back with a...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of On Love and Science

On Love and Science

Zulya and the Children of the Underground

Zulya Kamalova

Rating: ★★★★

Zulya Kamalova, an Australian singer and exponent of Tatar and Russian music, and her band of maestros have teamed up...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Where the Gods are in Peace

Where the Gods are in Peace

Antibalas

Daptone Records

Rating: ★★★★

Brooklyn's Antibalas have been releasing Afrobeat records for nearly two decades and their latest effort is an exemplary demonstration of...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of In the Beginning

In the Beginning

Kira Skov & Maria Faust

Stunt Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the Beginning is a collaboration between the Danish singer Kira Skov and the Estonian, Copenhagen-based saxophonist and composer, Maria...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of [Fonetiq Flowers]

[Fonetiq Flowers]

Lo'Jo

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

One can always rely on this French outfit to lay before us a grand sonic banquet that incorporates multiple national...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Every Man for Every Man

Every Man for Every Man

Ghetto Priest

Ramrock Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Ghetto Priest, best known as the Rastafarian frontman for electronica/fusion legends Asian Dub Foundation, has released this solo album as...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of In Buenos Aires

In Buenos Aires

Fraser Fifield, Walther E Castro, Quique Sinesi, Mono Hurtado

Tanar Records

Rating: ★★★

Argentina has a healthy Celtic music scene, thanks to its small but significant populations of Scottish and Irish extraction and...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of When the Time Comes

When the Time Comes

Barika

Barika

Rating: ★★★

Kamalengoni player Craig Myers is a busy musician. He currently performs with Mike Gordon (of Phish fame) and was a...

Reviewed in issue October/2017

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