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Review of Griot Jazz

Griot Jazz

Baba Sissoko

Caligola Records

Rating: ★★★★

Those lucky enough to be backstage for rehearsals of the African opera Le Vol du Boli, taking place at a...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: March/2022

Review of Yellow Spaceship

Yellow Spaceship

Jacob Gurevitsch

Music for Dreams

Rating: ★★★

Jacob Gurevitsch is a flamenco guitarist from Denmark. His third album, Yellow Spaceship, sails through a seductive soundscape of flamenco,...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: March/2022

Review of Ji

Ji

Jens Pollheide & Imran Khan

Fuego Records

Rating: ★★★

This pairing between German ex-Embryo bassist Pollheide and Indian sitar player Imran Khan marks the culmination of seven years of...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: March/2022

Review of Landscape

Landscape

Kim So Ra

SP Music

Rating: ★★★

South Korean percussionist Kim So Ra started learning janggu (the hour-glass drum played with a pair of lithe sticks) aged...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2022

Review of #Mr Lakaaye

#Mr Lakaaye

Lekan Babalola

Oyeku Meji Records

Rating: ★★★

Lekan Babalola has an impressive track record as a musician (percussionist and composer/arranger) and filmmaker. One of Nigeria’s outstanding jazz...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2022

Review of It’s a Good, Good Thing: The Latin Soul of Fania Records

It’s a Good, Good Thing: The Latin Soul of Fania Records

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Fania Records

Rating: ★★★

Fania Records was started by Dominican musician Johnny Pacheco in 1964 with the idea of getting Latin recordings made by...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2022

Review of Delta Estácio Blues

Delta Estácio Blues

Juçara Marçal

Mais Um Discos/QTV

Rating: ★★★★

Best known as Metá Metá’s vocalist, Marçal spent four years making this album, a lengthy process in which co-producer Kiko Dinucci...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2022

Review of The Lost Tapes

The Lost Tapes

Owiny Sigoma Band

Top of the World

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

The Lost Tapes is the fourth album from the Owiny Sigoma Band and sadly it celebrates the end of the...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2022

Review of Chinook Waltz

Chinook Waltz

Over the Moon

Borealis Records

Rating: ★★★

When you click the ‘Music’ tab on Over the Moon’s website, the introductory note says, ‘With this album, we tried...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2022

Review of Our Island

Our Island

Small Island Big Song

Top of the World

Small Island Big Song

Rating: ★★★★

When the debut Small Island Big Song album was released in 2018, it was rightly hailed as a mini masterpiece....

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2022

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