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Review of Chìsake

Chìsake

Timothy Archambault

Ideologic Organ

Rating: ★★★★

Timothy Archambault is an indigenous flautist and composer, member of the Kichesipirini Algonquin First Nation. He is one of the...

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: October/2021

Review of Alma Vieja

Alma Vieja

Los Tangueros del Oeste

Avantango Records

Rating: ★

Founded by American bassist and composer Sascha Jacobsen, Los Tangueros del Oeste is a collective venture that appears to aspire...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2021

Review of Peace in Africa

Peace in Africa

Cheikh Ibra Fam

Soulbeats Records

Rating: ★★★

Cheikh Ibra Fam might not be a familiar name for many outside of Senegal, but this multi-instrumentalist and singer has...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2021

Review of Norwegian Oud

Norwegian Oud

Yinon Muallem & Guy Mintus | Yinon Muallem

Top of the World

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★

Conceived and recorded throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Norwegian Oud is the latest album from oud player, percussionist, and composer Yinon...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2021

Review of Mujeres de Arena y Otras Historias

Mujeres de Arena y Otras Historias

Amilcar Soto Rodriguez, Susana Baca & I Solisti Veneti

Rehegoo Music Group

Rating: ★★★

Amilcar Soto Rodriguez grew up as part of a musical family in Villa El Salvador on the Peruvian coast, a...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2021

Review of Ffiniau

Ffiniau

Bethan Nia

Pili Pala Records

Rating: ★★★

Ffiniau is Welsh for ‘borders’ and harpist and singer Bethan Nia’s debut album explores the boundaries that exist between people,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2021

Review of Con Sentimiento

Con Sentimiento

Noslen Noel

Cugate Clásicos Latinos

Rating: ★★★

Born in just 2002 in Güines (just south of Havana), Noslen Noel has already made a name for himself as...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: October/2021

Review of Yaho Bele/Say Yeah

Yaho Bele/Say Yeah

Badume’s Band & Selamnesh Zéméné

Top of the World

Innacor Records

Rating: ★★★★

Badume’s Band are one of the mainstays of European Ethio-jazz, with over a decade of experience as the go-to backing...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2021

Review of Pissourin

Pissourin

Monsieur Doumani

Top of the World

Glitterbeat

Rating: ★★★★★

In their latest outing, the amazing Cypriot trio Monsieur Doumani go (more) electronic, and again produce an endlessly inventive take...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2021

Review of Cross Cultural X-periment: The Vanguard

Cross Cultural X-periment: The Vanguard

Alexander Fedoriouk

Folk Sounds Records

Rating: ★★

Alexander Fedoriouk is a Ukrainian cimbalom player, currently living in Cleveland, Ohio. The cimbalom is the hammered dulcimer of Eastern...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2021

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