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Review of Don’t Take My Soul

Don’t Take My Soul

K.O.G

Pura Vida

Rating: ★★★★

K.O.G (Kweku of Ghana) is back with his third full-length release Don’t Take My Soul. The album focuses on some...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: October/2024

Review of Una Ronda Més

Una Ronda Més

Fenya Rai

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★

Una Ronda Més (One More Round) is the third album from Fenya Rai who hail from Valls, south-west of Barcelona....

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: October/2024

Review of Tchopo

Tchopo

Kate Griffin & Matchume Zango

Kate Griffin & Matchume Zango

Rating: ★★★★

Kate Griffin, UK banjo player, and Matchume Zango, a multi-instrumentalist from Mozambique, met online in 2020 during a Making Tracks...

Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: October/2024

Review of Òmònílè, Son of the Soil

Òmònílè, Son of the Soil

Atàndá

Top of the World

One World Records

Rating: ★★★★

Singer, composer, guitarist and violinist Atàndá’s Òmònílè, Son of the Soil combines familiar elements of Afrobeat with sophisticated arrangements that...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2024

Review of Cool Head

Cool Head

Georgia Ruth

Bubblewrap Collective

Rating: ★★★★

Wales’ Georgia Ruth wooed all with her voice and harp playing on 2013’s In the Pines, which saw her nominated...

Reviewed by Russ Slater Johnson in issue: October/2024

Review of Iroko

Iroko

Omar Sosa & Tiganá Santana

Selo Sesc

Rating: ★★★★★

The Cuban pianist, Omar Sosa, has worked with artists and picked up awards around the world. Here, he partners with...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2024

Review of Loud and Clear

Loud and Clear

Otava Yo

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Active for 20 years, Otava Yo are probably the most successful Russian band on the world music scene with their...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2024

Review of Ritmo Satánico

Ritmo Satánico

Los Diablos Rojos

Discos Fantástico!

Rating: ★★★

The Madrid-based label has assembled this collection of a cool dozen vocal and instrumental tracks from the late 60s to...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2024

Review of Jouhikko

Jouhikko

Lassi Logrén

Top of the World

Siba Records

Rating: ★★★★

Finnish music fans around the world know Logrén as the fiddle player in the legendary band Värttinä. What they might...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2024

Review of Maqeda

Maqeda

Atse Tewodros Project

Galileo MC

Rating: ★★★

The Atse Tewodros Project is the brainchild of singer Gabriella Ghermandi, and the project’s second album is a tribute to...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2024

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