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Review of Wulansih

Wulansih

Peni Candra Rini

Top of the World

New Amsterdam Records

Rating: ★★★★

Peni Candra Rini is a Javanese singer whom I first saw performing with Kronos Quartet in their last London show...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of Fidl Afire

Fidl Afire

Alicia Svigals

Borscht Beat

Rating: ★★★★

Violinist Alicia Svigals was one of the founding members of The Klezmatics and played with them for 17 years. She’s...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of Maison Maquis

Maison Maquis

Sages Comme des Sauvages

Capitane Records

Rating: ★★★★

This third album by one of France’s leading avant-pop bands is as whacky and genre-defying as the name the two...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of Hadal Deluxe Edition

Hadal Deluxe Edition

Atlas Maior

Silver Phantom Publishing

Rating: ★★★

This deluxe edition collects Texas-based jazz quartet Atlas Maior’s recorded output from the past four years. It’s an album of...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of Awakening

Awakening

Àbáse

Oshu Records & Analogue Foundation x Bridge The Gap

Rating: ★★★★

This, the critical second full-length album of Àbáse (stage name of Hungarian keyboardist and producer Szabolcs Bognár) follows up Laroyê,...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of The Free Wild Wind & The Songs of Birds

The Free Wild Wind & The Songs of Birds

The Crooked Fiddle Band

Art as Catharsis

Rating: ★★★★★

Citing Norwegian chamber-prog band Meer and composer Bear McCreary as influences, The Crooked Fiddle Band’s new and lengthily-titled album comprises...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of Kokoro

Kokoro

Sababa 5 & Yurika

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★

Tel Aviv-based quartet Sababa 5’s third full-length album in as many years is, in fact, a compilation of the A...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Migratum

Migratum

Beats y Batería

Stolen Mask

Rating: ★★★★

Migratum is the Chicago trio’s debut album, building in form, beats complexity and melodies from 2019’s self-titled EP. The term...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Til My Song Is Done

Til My Song Is Done

Emma Donovan & The Putbacks | Emma Donovan

Cooking Vinyl Australia

Rating: ★★★★

When Australian Indigenous singer Emma Donovan was little, her mother regularly entered her in country music busking and talent competitions....

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Dreamers in the Field

Dreamers in the Field

Huun-Huur-Tu, Carmen Rizzo & Dhani Harrison

Dark Horse Records

Rating: ★★★

Tuvan khöömei/throat-singing elder statesmen Huun-Huur-Tu have made many collaborations over the years. Acclaimed producer Carmen Rizzo has worked with them...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

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