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Review of Evergreen

Evergreen

Auka

Auka

Rating: ★★★★

Sheffield three-piece Auka make an agreeable debut on disc with Evergreen, a self-penned collection of Celtic folk-influenced pieces for flute...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Assouf

Assouf

Toumastine

Toumastine

Rating: ★★★★

It has been two decades since desert blues music first stepped onto the international stage, and although the world still...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Essiebons Special 1973-1984: Ghana Music Power House

Essiebons Special 1973-1984: Ghana Music Power House

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★★

The recently departed Ghanaian producer and label-owner Dick Essilfie-Bondzie was digitising his recording vaults right up until his death, discovering...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Sleeping Spirals

Sleeping Spirals

Hannah James and Toby Kuhn

Top of the World

JigDoll Records

Rating: ★★★★

“I didn’t think I did need a cellist,” Hannah James says in a video describing the genesis of her new...

Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Freedom to Roam The Rhythms of Migration

Freedom to Roam The Rhythms of Migration

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Goatskin Records

Rating: ★★★★

What are ‘the rhythms of migration’ – are they natural, forced, seasonal? And how do you evoke or embody them...

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

Review of Parampara Festival 13.3.1992

Parampara Festival 13.3.1992

Amelia Cuni

Black Truffle

Rating: ★★★★

Held in Berlin in 1992, Parampara Festival brought together Indian teachers and their international students to showcase the global spread...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Masterpieces for Sarod and Violin

Masterpieces for Sarod and Violin

Amjad Ali Khan, Elmira Darvarova, Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash

Affetto Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

There’s a long tradition of Indian-meets Western-music albums, but this is one of the best. India’s premiere sarod player, Amjad...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2022

Review of 80 Anos

80 Anos

Orquestra Afro-Brasileira

Top of the World

Day Dreamer

Rating: ★★★★

It’s not every day you get semi-legendary Beastie Boys producer/collaborator Mario Caldato Jr digging up a long-lost Afro-Brazilian ensemble from...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Tropical Anatolia

Tropical Anatolia

Ipek Yolu

Sounds of Subterrania

Rating: ★★★

At the bottom of my street is a restaurant called Tropical Sushi serving Japanese dishes with a South American theme....

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Lua Adversa

Lua Adversa

Cristina Clara

Sony Portugal

Rating: ★★★

It is telling that Cristina Clara was a regular at Tejo Bar, a tiny spot in Lisbon’s historical quarter of...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2022

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