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Review of Brooklyn-Cumaná

Brooklyn-Cumaná

Jorge Glem & Sam Reider

Guataca Nights

Rating: ★★★

New York has long been the hub of Latin-Saxon musical collaborations. Jorge Clem is a Latin Grammy winner and Grammy-nominated...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/February/2023

Review of tender

tender

Lady Maisery

Top of the World

Lady Maisery

Rating: ★★★★

Lady Maisery’s new album is a musical and lyrical exploration of the ambiguities of its one word title, tender. Hazel...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Lios

Lios

Vera Vinter & Hanna Ekström

Bjärka Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

There’s a fair amount of pedigree behind this fascinating release. Hanna Ekström is one of Sweden’s foremost violinists, having previously...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Anadolu Ejderi

Anadolu Ejderi

Gaye Su Akyol

Top of the World

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Whereas earlier albums had more to do with retro-futurism, on Anadolu Ejderi (Anatolian Dragons) past and present collide beguilingly as...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Gwandena

Gwandena

Timpana

Sounds and Colours

Rating: ★★★★

Is dilution helpful for diffusion? Are synths and dance beats the best/only way to expand the audience from grey-beards to...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Saudade, Colour of Love

Saudade, Colour of Love

Maria Mendes

Challenge Records

Rating: ★★★

Maria Mendes is a Portuguese jazz singer that has developed her career in The Netherlands for the last 15 years....

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2023

Review of The Deepest Breath

The Deepest Breath

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin

Rating: ★★★★

2020’s Solas an Lae saw Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin striking away from his Skipper’s Alley roots in the company of Ultan...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/February/2023

Review of A Tarot of the Green Wood

A Tarot of the Green Wood

Burd Ellen

Top of the World

Mavis Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

The seven songs on this third studio album from Burd Ellen, the Glasgow-based project featuring Debbie Armour and Gayle Brogan,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Intercosmic

Intercosmic

Slavo Rican Assembly

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

I sometimes recall a faintly surreal encounter outside the Bosnian city of Mostar, a few years after the war, in...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2022

Review of Capacity to Love

Capacity to Love

Ibrahim Maalouf

Mister IBE

Rating: ★★★★

What do you do when you’ve performed from atop the Eiffel Tower, sold out such prestigious venues as the Barbican...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2022

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