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Review of Kologo

Kologo

Alostmen

Top of the World

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

Stevo Atambire is already a big deal in Ghana, a streetboy-turned-pop star whose local releases are full of synths and...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2021

Review of Oka Vanga

Oka Vanga

Oka Vanga

Crazy Bird Records

Rating: ★★★★

The third album from this folk-Americana duo is for the most part a welcome remedy during challenging times, being a...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2021

Review of Dawn of Paradise

Dawn of Paradise

Anupam Shobhakar & Anindo Chatterjee

Worlds Within Worlds

Rating: ★★★★

Anupam Shobhakar is a New York-based Indian classical musician who plays sarod (an unfretted lute with a deeper tone than...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: April/2021

Review of Making Tracks: 2019 Live Tour

Making Tracks: 2019 Live Tour

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Making Tracks

Rating: ★★★★★

In rural Powys in 2019, Making Tracks gathered eight of the most exciting young roots musicians from across Europe and...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2021

Review of On the Rock

On the Rock

Ofra Harnoy

Analekta

Rating: ★★★★

On the Rock takes 14 beloved songs, jigs and reels from Newfoundland and sends them gently spinning in a new...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: April/2021

Review of Orla

Orla

Caravela

None More Records

Rating: ★★★★

London-based Afro-Brazilian sextet Caravela won plaudits for their eponymous 2017 EP, which showcased an often soothing, sometimes gritty blend of...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2021

Review of Now We are Four

Now We are Four

Show of Hands

Hands On Music

Rating: ★★★★

Now that no one's taking live music for granted, it makes the release of a new live album from Devon...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2021

Review of Such Times

Such Times

Steve Tilston

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

Steve Tilston made his first album, An Acoustic Confusion, in 1971, gaining a place in a cohort of exceptional guitar-playing...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2021

Review of Adenine

Adenine

Adenine

Lorimer Records

Rating: ★★★★

Focusing on themes of nature, landscape and the language of Scotland, harpist and composer Ailie Robertson's new release under her...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2021

Review of Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific

The South Pasifika Sound Project

South Pasifika Sound Project

Rating: ★★★

An Australian-based audio experiment, The South Pasifika Sound Project is the brainchild of musician-producer and traveller Paul Agar, who in...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2021

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