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Review of Gitana Mora

Gitana Mora

La Banda Morisca

Algazara Productions

Rating: ★★

This new release from La Banda Morisca comes with an attractive 35-page booklet (in Spanish only) containing florid journalism along...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: October/2020

Review of Taranta Lanera

Taranta Lanera

Taranta Lanera

Vlad

Rating: ★★★

Italian expat Mari Lanera is a multifaceted artist in the Bordeaux underground scene. Yet, as Taranta Lanera for her eponymous...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: October/2020

Review of Atlantic Edge

Atlantic Edge

West Ocean String Quartet

West Ocean Records

Rating: ★★★★

Now in their 21st year, the West Ocean String Quartet celebrate their anniversary with their first outing on disc since...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2020

Review of For Him and Her

For Him and Her

Amira Medunjanin

Top of the World

Croatia Records

Rating: ★★★★

Amira Medunjanin made an immediate impact internationally with her debut album Rosa in 2004 with Mostar Sevdah Reunion (a Top...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2020

Review of Spider Tales

Spider Tales

Jake Blount

Top of the World

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★★★

As a teenager growing up in Virginia, Jake Blount played guitar in funk and metal bands until one day he...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2020

Review of Mi Tumbao

Mi Tumbao

José Alberto

Tumi

Rating: ★★★★

Bayamo is one of those small Cuban cities somewhat off the main tourist drag that surprise with their conviviality and...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2020

Review of At the Studio

At the Studio

The Zonke Family

Top of the World

LoLalophon

Rating: ★★★★★

The Zonke family hail from Nyampanda, a small border town on the Zimbabwean side of the boundary with Mozambique. They...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2020

Review of Peacock

Peacock

Dr L Subramaniam & Roby Lakatos

Top of the World

Avanti Classic

Rating: ★★★★

The meeting of two virtuoso violinists from different genres is always interesting. Roby Lakatos is from a long dynasty of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2020

Review of Shine

Shine

Caroline Keane

Caroline Keane Music

Rating: ★★★★

Caroline Keane has had an increasingly prominent presence on the Irish and international touring circuit since she was 15. Now...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2020

Review of Dark Matter

Dark Matter

Shane Howard

Goanna Aits

Rating: ★★★★

Ever since 1982, when Australia’s I Goanna band gifted I radio stations their enduring Top 10 hit ‘Solid Rock’, the...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2020

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