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Review of Touch of Freedom

Touch of Freedom

Arya Aramnejad

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★★

Exiled from his native Iran for a song denouncing the Islamic regime, Arya Aramnejad now makes his music in Stockholm....

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2021

Review of Shall We Hope

Shall We Hope

Tony Trischka

Shefa Records

Rating: ★★★★

Just when you think the cultural lodestone of America's Civil War has given up every drop of blood it could...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2021

Review of Solarius Gamma

Solarius Gamma

Ozferti

Humpty Dumpty Records

Rating: ★★

Florian Doucet is a producer, guitarist and graphic designer formerly of Afro-Colombian party starters La Chiva Gantiva, but his masked...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2021

Review of Samā'ī

Samā'ī

Azmari

Sdban Ultra

Rating: ★★★

When Belgian six-piece Azmari get into that Ethio-groove, they go in hard. The immediately distinctive Ethiopian kignit scales possess horn...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2021

Review of Distrito Federal

Distrito Federal

Mexican Institute of Sound

Top of the World

Soy Sauce

Rating: ★★★★

Camilo Lara is a busy man – music supervisor for Disney's Coco, founding member of Mexrrissey and Compass, perennial collaborator...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2021

Review of Cuttin' Grass Vol 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions

Cuttin' Grass Vol 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions

Sturgill Simpson

High Top Mountain Records

Rating: ★★★

Multi-time Grammy and Americana music award winner, country music singer-songwriter and actor Sturgill Simpson has fed 20 of his original...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2021

Review of Silent Voices

Silent Voices

Ayla Schafer

Nixi Music

Rating: ★★★

Singer-songwriter Ayla Schafer plays spellbinding folk music infused with Latin mystique. Her captivating new album carries a profound message of...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: March/2021

Review of Diamond in the Rough

Diamond in the Rough

19th Street Band

19th Street Band

Rating: ★★★

Following 2017's The Things That Matter, 19th Street Band deliver Diamond in the Rough, a nine-track showcase for the core...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2021

Review of In D

In D

Brooklyn Raga Massive

Brooklyn Raga Massive

Rating: ★★★

After their extraordinary recording of Terry Riley's In C in 2017, the eclectic New York-based collective known as BRM follow...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2021

Review of La Giostra

La Giostra

Kërkim

Liburia Records

Rating: ★★★

Kërkim (Albanian for ‘Research’) is an Apulian five-piece outfit augmented with a few guests. The result might be wrongly filed...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2021

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