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Review of Pique

Pique

Dora Morelenbaum

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

Those familiar with the surname Morelenbaum or the Latin Grammy award-winning band Bala Desejo in the context of Brazilian music...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2024

Review of Betwixt & Between 11

Betwixt & Between 11

Bridget & Kitty/Resonant Bodies

Betwixt & Between Tapes

Rating: ★★★

Betwixt & Between Tapes is a quirky, niche proposition: an occasional series of cassette tape EPs featuring traditional, improvised and...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2024

Review of Coexistence

Coexistence

Dal:um

Top of the World

Glitterbeat/tak:til

Rating: ★★★★

Korean duo Dal:um return for a second album of duelling gayageum and geomungo (plucked zithers from the Korean classical tradition)....

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2024

Review of Umbelliferæ

Umbelliferæ

Kate Young

Kate Young

Rating: ★★★★

Inspired by her love of aromatic plants, the traditions of folk and classical music, and her own chromesthesia (‘ability to...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2024

Review of Gira

Gira

MOMO.

Top of the World

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★★

Marcelo Frota, from Rio de Janeiro, has lived and recorded all over the world, but for his seventh album he...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: December/2024

Review of Canhoto de Pé

Canhoto de Pé

Thiago França

YB Music

Rating: ★★★★

Since his first recordings in 2009 Thiago França has covered a remarkable variety of genres, from the Afro-jazz-punk of MetaL...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: December/2024

Review of Lifa Iotungard (Live)

Lifa Iotungard (Live)

Heilung

Season of Mist

Rating: ★★★★

For German Kai Uwe Faust, Dane Christopher Juul and Norwegian Maria Franz, who record together as Heilung, a live album...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2024

Review of The Rhizome Project

The Rhizome Project

Moira Smiley

Moira Smiley

Rating: ★★★★

It could be said that The Rhizome Project is Vermont-based Moira Smiley’s ode to roots music. But the metaphorical rhizome...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2024

Review of FA-5

FA-5

FA-5

Mr Bongoo

Rating: ★★★

The latest Cuban Classic is a strange affair: the disco-funk outfit manage to sound oddly reminiscent of 80s UK jazz-funk...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024

Review of Parlour Ballads

Parlour Ballads

Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

Parlour ballads, as a genre, get poor press as low-grade, middle-class Victoriana, but here’s Jon Boden at the piano (and...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2024

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