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Review of Modiehi

Modiehi

Marumo

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★

A track by the South African quartet Marumo featured on the 2018 compilation album Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Three...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020

Review of buffering juju

buffering juju

dumama + kechou

Mushroom Hour Half Hour

Rating: ★★★★

Self-described as ‘nomadic future folk,’ the sound conjured up by dumama + kechou on their debut manages the delicate feat...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: May/2020

Review of Oficina Itinerante

Oficina Itinerante

Jean-Luc Thomas

Hirustica Records

Rating: ★★★

Jean-Luc Thomas is a Breton flute player who describes himself as ‘musician and traveller’; previous collaborations have brought him together...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: May/2020

Review of Music of the Bai Opera and the Dai Opera in Yunnan Province

Music of the Bai Opera and the Dai Opera in Yunnan Province

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Pan Records

Rating: ★★★

This double CD album is a rare archive of the Bai and Dai music traditions. Both ethnic minorities are from...

Reviewed by Yijia Tu in issue: May/2020

Review of Klingra

Klingra

Afenginn

Tutl Records

Rating: ★★★

In Old Norse afenginn means ‘intoxication and strength’ and it's the name adopted by the musical collective around Danish composer...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2020

Review of AmarElo

AmarElo

Emicida

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★

The release of AmarElo was preceded by a run of singles, each very different to the last, which left me...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2020

Review of Tinn Tout

Tinn Tout

Danyèl Waro

Top of the World

Cobalt/Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★★

Danyèl Waro has spent the past 45 years becoming the international ambassador of maloya, the revolutionary roots music of the...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020

Review of A Year of Swimming

A Year of Swimming

Derek Gripper

New Cape Records Digital Only

Rating: ★★★★★

From the off, the latest release from the incredible instrumentalist drops you into his utterly unique African guitar cosmos. For...

Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: May/2020

Review of Ethiobraz

Ethiobraz

Large Unit Fendika

PNL Records

Rating: ★★

The traditional Ethiopian musicians of Addis Ababa's Fendika Azmari Bet have joined forces with Paal Nilssen-Love's pan-Scandinavian group Large Unit...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020

Review of Pill Pilots

Pill Pilots

Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow

Ear Trumpet Music

Rating: ★★★

Bristol-based guitarist Hawes and fiddler Catlow have worked over the years with the likes of Seth Lakeman, Afro Celt Sound...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2020

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