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Review of Mirage

Mirage

Solana

Solana

Rating: ★★★

Founded in Valencia in 2012 as an itinerant acoustic folk trio but now based in Bristol with their current line-up...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2022

Review of Gela

Gela

Baker Boy

Island Records/Universal Music Australia

Rating: ★★★

Arguably the most popular Australian Aboriginal musician these days, rapper Danzal Baker (better known as Baker Boy) has been riding...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2022

Review of Songs of the Naxi of Southwest China

Songs of the Naxi of Southwest China

He Jinhua

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Residing in the Yunnan province of south-western China, the Naxi are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group, numbering around 320,000. Despite their...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2022

Review of Anomaly

Anomaly

Jasdeep Singh Degun

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★

This is the first solo release from the British sitarist and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun. It features a large cast...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2022

Review of The Liquified Throne of Simplicity

The Liquified Throne of Simplicity

Širom

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Slovenian trio Širom are back with their fourth album fuelled by the search for a reconnection with the remote...

Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: June/2022

Review of Samarpan

Samarpan

Manish Pingle

Ramble Records

Rating: ★★★★

Introduced to Indian classical music by Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and the gloriously experimental Debashish Bhattachrya, the...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2022

Review of Manuša

Manuša

Júlia Kozáková

Júlia Kozáková

Rating: ★★★

Júlia Kozáková is a young Slovakian singer who is, at present, studying at the School of Oriental and African Studies...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2022

Review of Lucid

Lucid

Yaatri

Bridge the Gap

Rating: ★★★

Something fresh from Leeds Conservatoire comes in the form of five-piece fusion outfit Yaatri. The group have attracted comparisons to...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2022

Review of Hárr

Hárr

Benedicte Maurseth

Top of the World

Hubro Music

Rating: ★★★★★

In previous recordings, international performances, and her 2019 book To Be Nothing, Benedicte Maurseth has showcased the celestial beauty of the...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2022

Review of Rahawan

Rahawan

Haya Zaatry

Haya Zaatry

Rating: ★★★

Born in Nazareth and resident in Haifa where she practises as an architect, the 30-year-old Zaatry is also a singer-songwriter...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022

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