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Review of Se Quema el Mundo

Se Quema el Mundo

LPT

Bold City

Rating: ★★★★

LPT are a ten-piece Afro-Cuban band out of Jacksonville, Florida whose 2018 debut album, Sin Parar, won a clutch of...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: January/February/2022

Review of La Tercera Vision

La Tercera Vision

Lagartijeando

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★

Argentinian musician, DJ and programmer Lagartijeando (aka Mati Zundel) plays Andean-inspired electronic folk with a psychedelic lite touch; there’s always...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Umoyo Wa Muthempire (Live in the Temple)

Umoyo Wa Muthempire (Live in the Temple)

Tonga Boys feat Doctor Kanuska Group

1000Hz Records

Rating: ★★★★

For those in the Malawian countryside, the Tonga Boys from Mzuzu are a band from the big city and the...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/February/2022

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ÌFÉ

Mais Um

Rating: ★★★★

ÌFÉ is the brainchild of Otura Mun, a producer and percussionist deeply invested in creative practice from Cuba and Puerto...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Shandao

Shandao

Shanren

Wind Music

Rating: ★★★★

As a renowned Chinese folk band from Yunnan, one of the most ethnically diverse parts of southern China, Shanren has...

Reviewed by Yijia Tu in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Diversity

Diversity

Ebo Krdum

Top of the World

Supertraditional

Rating: ★★★★

Diversity is a theme in Ebo Krdum’s life. Growing up in a village in the Darfur region of Sudan, his...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan and Gong Music of the Philippine Diaspora

Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan and Gong Music of the Philippine Diaspora

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★

This album is a celebration Danongan Kalanduyan (1947-2016), a musician who migrated to the US in the 1970s from Mindanao...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Golden Loam

Golden Loam

Laurel Premo

Top of the World

Laurel Premo Sound

Rating: ★★★★★

Using fingerstyle electric guitar and lap steel, Michigan-based multi-instrumentalist Premo plumbs layers of harmonic ambience, granular textural effects and the...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony

Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony

VARIOUS ARTISTS

FLEE Projects

Rating: ★★★

The project Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony consists of a double album and book. Several electronic artists were commissioned to create...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: January/February/2022

Review of A to Z

A to Z

Atongo Zimba

Atongo Zimba

Rating: ★★★★

This is Atongo Zimba’s first international release after 14 years and he could not have re-entered the musical fray in...

Reviewed by Bram Postumus in issue: January/February/2022

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