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Review of Tichazomuona

Tichazomuona

Dumisani Maraire

Nyami Nyami Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This is a very welcome reissue in vinyl and digital download formats of a wonderful album of Zimbabwean mbira (thumb...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2022

Review of Exploring Gong Culture in Southeast Asia: Massif and Archipelago

Exploring Gong Culture in Southeast Asia: Massif and Archipelago

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Sub Rosa

Rating: ★★★★

Sound artist and archivist Yasuhiro Morinaga records found sounds and music from around the globe. Recently, he turned his attention...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2022

Review of Home

Home

Sushma Soma with Aditya Prakash

Sushma Soma

Rating: ★★★★

Forest fires create an ashen, black landscape in the Amazon. Over in India, an elephant stumbles across a pineapple, begins...

Reviewed by James Scott Roriston in issue: July/2022

Review of Tres Golpes

Tres Golpes

Perrate

Lovemonk

Rating: ★★★

Perrate is about as traditional a flamenco artist as you can imagine. From Utrera in Andalucía, the family dynasty includes...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: July/2022

Review of Sharayet El Disco: Egyptian 80s Disco & Boogie Cassette Tracks

Sharayet El Disco: Egyptian 80s Disco & Boogie Cassette Tracks

VARIOUS ARTISTS

wewantsounds

Rating: ★★

Anyone who travelled in the Arabic world from the 1970s through to earlier this century will recall how cassettes were...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2022

Review of Eremìa

Eremìa

Ettore Castagna

Alfa Music

Rating: ★★★★

At the very tip of Italy, Calabria has been the gateway to Greek civilization, a heritage Ettore Castagna, founding member...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2022

Review of Rosewood

Rosewood

Ben Robertson

Ben Robertson

Rating: ★★★★

For lovers of the finger-picking guitar greats of the 1960s, Rosewood is a treat. Ben Robertson acknowledges their influence but...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2022

Review of Quicksand

Quicksand

Black Mango

Gusstaff Records

Rating: ★★★★

The French producer Philippe Sanmiguel moved to Bamako 16 years ago and has since produced a raft of fine albums...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2022

Review of Tafrigh Vol 1

Tafrigh Vol 1

Otagh Band

Vaak Records

Rating: ★★★★

Tafrigh cannot be categorised easily. Rooted in different musical genres and styles, it is a mesmerising post-modern mixture of bizarre...

Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: July/2022

Review of New Moon

New Moon

Hò-Rò | Hò-rò

Hò-Rò Music

Rating: ★★★

The second album from Highland septet Hò-rò continues on the path of combining their native traditions with an outward-looking approach...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: July/2022

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