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Three Cane Whale

Three Cane Whale

Rating: ★★★★

Combine the following ingredients – trumpet, guitar, mandolin, banjo, lute harp, lyre harp, dulcitone, chimes, cornet and bowed psaltery –...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2020

Review of Periphery

Periphery

Priya Darshini

Chesky Records

Rating: ★★

Priya Darshini is a US-based singer from South Asia who draws on an eclectic range of musical influences. This is...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2020

Review of 11 Dimensions

11 Dimensions

CH Straatmann

CH Straatmann

Rating: ★★

This is CH Straatmann's second solo album. He's an undeniably talented bass player, who hails from Brazil, with an impressive...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2020

Review of Kaloli

Kaloli

Nihiloxica

Top of the World

Ciammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★★

Kampala has an insatiable sense of groove. While neighbouring capital Kinshasa is better known for its industrial mix of percussion...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2020

Review of Guasá, Cununo y Marimba: Afro-Colombian Music from the Pacific Coast

Guasá, Cununo y Marimba: Afro-Colombian Music from the Pacific Coast

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Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

Afro-Colombian music has long been overlooked – largely down to an institutional and classist bias that, it has to be...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2020

Review of Love and Leave You

Love and Leave You

100 Mile House

Fallen Tree Records

Rating: ★★★★

As the title suggests 100 Mile House's second album is all about relationships and loss. Love and Leave You is...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2020

Review of About Land

About Land

Mira Pardelha

Mira Pardelha

Rating: ★★★

Mira Pardelha's story starts in 1998 when Canadian musicians Jason Breckenridge and Ian Brimacombe were flatmates in Lisbon and first...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2020

Review of La Próxima Traición

La Próxima Traición

Ben & Winnie

Tanguero

Rating: ★★★

Tango has always reflected society – especially Buenos Aires’ urban society, but also, at various times, that of Paris, New...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2020

Review of From Our World to Yours

From Our World to Yours

Gao Hong & Issam Rafea

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

This second duo recording by Gao Hong and Issam Rafea – a follow-up to 2018's excellent Life As Is –...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2020

Review of The True Story of Bananagun

The True Story of Bananagun

Bananagun

Full Time Hobby

Rating: ★★★★

Put on your sunglasses and your fringed jackets, turn on the lava lamp, mix yourself a martini, let out a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020

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