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Review of Black Atlantica Edits

Black Atlantica Edits

Daniel Haaksman

BBE Music

Rating: ★★★

Daniel Haaksman sees himself as somewhat of an auteur when it comes to music from across the globe. The Berlin-based...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2020

Review of Spiders Tango

Spiders Tango

Kuljit Bhamra & Davide Giovannini (featuring The Villiers Quartet)

Keda Recoeds

Rating: ★★★

Kuljit Bhamra's quicksilver innovative, virtuosic talent is well known, well respected and very much enjoyed by tabla afficionados, percussionists and...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2020

Review of Cuban Jazz Report

Cuban Jazz Report

Cuban Jazz Report

Stunt

Rating: ★★★★

Thanks to its state-sponsored conservatoires Cuba has long been a petri dish for maestro-worthy musicality. Cuban Jazz Report is a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020

Review of The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers

The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers

Yīn Yīn

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★

For this release, four musicians from Maastricht, the Netherlands get together and jam, playing disco, funk and rock filtered through...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2020

Review of Insides Revealed

Insides Revealed

Sauljaljui

Wind Music International Corporation

Rating: ★★★★

Insides Revealed, the debut album by Taiwanese indigenous singer Sauljaljui, takes inspiration from her Paiwan tribal roots, and combines traditional...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2020

Review of Make Your Move

Make Your Move

Trad.Attack!

Made in Baltics

Rating: ★★★★

Trad.Attack! are a phenomenon in Estonia, their homeland, where since their inception in 2013 the trio have swept the board...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020

Review of El Camino de Los Vientos

El Camino de Los Vientos

Matthieu Saglio Quartet

ACT Records

Rating: ★★★★

French-born agronomist Matthieu Saglio traded soil and crops for the sweetly sorrowful sound of the cello when he moved to...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: July/2020

Review of George Sansome

George Sansome

George Sansome

Grimdon Records

Rating: ★★★★

One third of BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award nominees Granny's Attic, Sansome releases his solo debut. This self-titled album...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2020

Review of Alambari

Alambari

DakhaBrakha

Top of the World

DakhaBeakha

Rating: ★★★★★

At first glance there is something suspiciously ‘arty’ about DakhaBrakha. Attired in exaggerated folk costumes and oversize black lamb-fur head-gear...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2020

Review of RDS-202

RDS-202

KermesZ à l'Est

KermesZ à I''Est

Rating: ★★★★

KermesZ à l'Est are not only the wildest Balkan band in Belgium, but probably on the planet. I first encountered...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2020

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