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Review of Chant Amazigh

Chant Amazigh

Majid Soula

Habibi Funk

Rating: ★★★★

Even devoted followers of Algerian music may find the name Majid Soula rings no bells – thankfully, the latest (number...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2022

Review of Frigya

Frigya

Imed Alibi feat Khalil EPI

Top of the World

Shouka

Rating: ★★★★

Imed Alibi is a Tunisian percussionist with a curious mind. Not content to take the predictable path, his two previous...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2022

Review of Tempos Futuros

Tempos Futuros

Alex Malheiros

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Like long-time partner in rhythm, drummer Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti, Azymuth’s veteran bassist Alex Malheiros makes an occasional solo sortie. This...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2022

Review of Good and Green Again

Good and Green Again

Jake Xerxes Fussell

Paradise of Bachelors

Rating: ★★★

Like a roiling campfire on a cool autumn night, Columbus, Georgia-born, Durham, North Carolina-based Jake Fussell’s Good and Green Again...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2022

Review of Immortal Tradition

Immortal Tradition

Ritva Nero

Bafe’s Factory

Rating: ★★★★

We’re only ever a step or two away from the mosh pit as Finnish five-piece Ritva Nero joyfully reveal in...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2022

Review of Skuggsjá

Skuggsjá

Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik

By Norse Music

Rating: ★★★

Fans of Einar Selvik’s project Wardruna will welcome this opportunity to get their hands on Skuggsjá, an album originally released...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: March/2022

Review of Kofū II

Kofū II

Meitei

KITCHEN. LABEL

Rating: ★★★

This is a fascinating album by Meitei that perhaps can be described as simply a sound collage of Japan, both...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Sense of the Place

Sense of the Place

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Stonehaven Folk Club

Rating: ★★★

Folk clubs and artists were hit hard by the pandemic, and Stonehaven, twice voted the BBC Alba Folk Club of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2022

Review of The Witching Tale

The Witching Tale

The Witching Tale

Belissima Records

Rating: ★★★

I’m afraid I was all too ready to dismiss this eponymous debut album as just so much airy-fairy hokum. The...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Knucklehead Circus

Knucklehead Circus

Old Blind Dogs

Old Blind Dogs

Rating: ★★★★

Marking their 14th record and in their 29th year, Old Blind Dogs kickstart their anniversary celebrations with a blisteringly seductive...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: January/February/2022

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