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Review of Carrying

Carrying

Sally Anne Morgan

Thrill Jockey

Rating: ★★★

Unifying the output of North Carolina-based musician Sally Anne Morgan is not easy. There's her solo albums, 2020's Thread and...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Carruseles

Carruseles

Afrosound

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★

Waaahaaahaaaa! From deep within Colombia's Discos Fuentes vaults comes another Vampisoul resurrection… But Afrosound's 1974 release stands out from the...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Silencio

Silencio

Karen y Los Remedios

ZZK Records

Rating: ★★★

Described by their record label as ‘blending cumbia and existentialism,’ this is the first full album from Ana Karen G...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Peines Perdues

Peines Perdues

François-Félix Roy

François-Félix Roy

Rating: ★★★

The charm of François-Félix Roy's debut solo recording lies in its subtle approach to traditional and traditionally-based Québécois music. Roy,...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Tabaco

Tabaco

Tabaco

El Palmas Music

Rating: ★★★★

Carlos ‘Tabaco’ Quintana, tall, thin and brown like the cigars he was nicknamed after, was a Venezuelan percussionist, singer and...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Gal’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi

Gal’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi

Saltwater Hank

Saltwater Hank

Rating: ★★★★

Jeremy Pahl is the birth name of guitarist and fiddler Saltwater Hank, a member of the Ts’msyen group of First...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Home

Home

Eliza Gilkyson

Realiza Records

Rating: ★★★

Singer-songwriter and activist Eliza Gilkyson may not be a household name but she has pedigree. In a five-decade career her...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Terra Boa

Terra Boa

Jonny Wickham

Fresh Sound Records

Rating: ★★★★

This debut album from London bassist, composer and bandleader Jonny Wickham presents a heartfelt love letter to Afro-Brazilian rhythmic traditions....

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Inti Watana: El Retorno del Sol

Inti Watana: El Retorno del Sol

Luzmila Carpio

Top of the World

ZZK Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Veteran Bolivian singer Luzmila Carpio, one of the most prolific and well-respected of South American artists, returns here with a...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Okemah Rising

Okemah Rising

Dropkick Murphys

Dummy Luck Music

Rating: ★★★

Along with 2022's This Machine Still Kills Fascists, Dropkick Murphys’ Okemah Rising stems from a self-directed project, the purpose of...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

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