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Review of Mirror: Turkish Disco Folk

Mirror: Turkish Disco Folk

Arşivplak

Arşivplak

Rating: ★★★★

Arşivplak, meaning ‘Records from the Archives’ has come out with an 11-track instrumental compilation of popular Anatolian psych tracks, mainly...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2020

Review of Olorum

Olorum

Mateus Aleluia

SESC

Rating: ★★★

Given the current situation in Brazil, you cannot help but trip on the words Mateus Aleluia sings in the opening...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2020

Review of Door to the Cosmos

Door to the Cosmos

VARIOUS ARTISTS

On the Corner

Rating: ★★★★

When Sun Ra dared to knock on the door of the cosmos in 1979 whoever let him in didn’t close...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: November/2020

Review of Breath & Hammer

Breath & Hammer

David Krakauer

Table Pounding Records

Rating: ★★★★

Clarinettist David Krakauer played with The Klezmatics before forging a distinctive solo career that pushes at the boundaries of many...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2020

Review of NOU?

NOU?

Mascarimiri

ARRA Produzioni Mediterranee

Rating: ★★★★

How does a region’s traditional music survive its own commercial success? Apparently overwhelmed by the touristic boom of pizzica, Apulian...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: November/2020

Review of Over That Road I’m Bound

Over That Road I’m Bound

Joachim Cooder

Top of the World

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★★

In the two decades and more since the 18-year-old Joachim Cooder played percussion alongside Ry Cooder on Buena Vista Social...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020

Review of NO VISA

NO VISA

Captain Planet

Bastard Jazz Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Globe-trotting producer Captain Planet calls his personal style ‘gumbo funk’ – all manner of flavours brought together and bubbled into...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2020

Review of Horizonte

Horizonte

Bandé-Gamboa

Heavenly Sweetness

Rating: ★★★★

This is an unusual and adventurous project in which two bands have been formed in order to re-imagine a mixture...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2020

Review of Afrik TounMé

Afrik TounMé

Sidi Touré

Top of the World

Thrill Jockey

Rating: ★★★★

These are difficult days in Mali, with political upheaval adding to the problems brought by COVID-19, but great music is...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2020

Review of Touki

Touki

Modou Touré

ARC Music

Rating: ★★

Senegalese singer Modou Touré has big shoes to fill as the son of Ousmane Touré, lead singer of the legendary...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2020

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