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Review of Sunshine Seas

Sunshine Seas

New Zion

RareNoise Records

Rating: ★★★

The prolific conservatory-trained musical polymath from Queens, New York is back with another new project. Quite apart from countless sessions...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Review of Vintage K-Pop Revisited

Vintage K-Pop Revisited

Baeshi Bang

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

A French quintet offering modern jazz-influenced instrumental covers of the songs of a Korean crooner? Even the theoretical infinite monkeys...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Review of Nomade Orquestra

Nomade Orquestra

Nomade Orquestra

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★

While it's surely purely coincidental that São Paulo's Nomade Orquestra formed in 2012, the same year Azymuth's José Roberto Bertrami...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Review of Paseo a Dos

Paseo a Dos

Dorantes & Renaud Garcia-Fons

E-Motive Records

Rating: ★★★★

There are some collaborations that work so well you wish they were permanent. One reason for the success of this...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Review of Chapters of My Life

Chapters of My Life

Moken

Bantu Records

Rating: ★★★★

This debut recording from the Atlanta-based Cameroonian singer and guitarist reveals a very eccentric persona, Moken's voice creeping from a...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Review of Lunar Love

Lunar Love

Mop Mop

Agogo Records

Rating: ★★★

Mop Mop, an Italian instrumental quartet, released the very impressive Isle of Magic album back in 2013. There, they looked...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Review of Are Watching You

Are Watching You

Joey Herzfeld and His So-Called Friends

Scratchy Records

Rating: ★★

This job can be hard sometimes. Here we have an album of immaculately arranged, professionally performed songs with well-crafted lyrics,...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Review of Nordic Choro II

Nordic Choro II

Nordic Choro

Zebo Records

Rating: ★★★

The established link between Finland and South American music is tango, which was brought north over 100 years ago. Nordic...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Review of Strange Country

Strange Country

Kacy & Clayton

New West Records

Rating: ★★★★

Kacy & Clayton are second-cousins from Saskatchewan and grew up a few miles apart in the Wood Mountain Hills, cutting...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Review of NW

NW

Niteworks

Comann Music

Rating: ★★★

Originating from the Isle of Skye, Niteworks mix traditional and Gaelic influences with electronica to deliver an intriguing and vibrant...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

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