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Review of Early Life Forms

Early Life Forms

Vitja Pauwels

W.E.R.F. Records

Rating: ★★★★

This feast for axe freaks captures the live debut of a new supergroup assembled by Brussels-based multi-instrumentalist and sound sculptor...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: March/2024

Review of The Night Dwells in the Day

The Night Dwells in the Day

Jozef Van Wissem | Jozef van Wissem

Incunabulum Records

Rating: ★★★

Josef Van Wissem is on a mission, to transform the image of that ancient instrument, the lute, and “to update...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2024

Review of Acoustic Live

Acoustic Live

Kultur Shock

Old Age Recording Co

Rating: ★★★★

A mainstay of Seattle’s indie scene in the early 2000s, Balkan punk rockers Kultur Shock are back with a surprising...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: March/2024

Review of Hon Muru (Bears Ears)

Hon Muru (Bears Ears)

Clark Tenakhongva

Öngtupqa Music

Rating: ★★★★

The landscape of the Southwestern United States is at the heart of this new recording by Hopi singer Clark Tenakhongva....

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: March/2024

Review of Musow Dance

Musow Dance

Les Amazones d’Afrique

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★

When Les Amazones d’Afrique gave their debut British concert at WOMAD, back in 2016, they sounded gloriously original. Here were...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2024

Review of Waillee Waillee

Waillee Waillee

Dorothy Carter

Palto Flats / Putojefe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Released in 1978, Waillee Waillee is the second full-length album from Dorothy Carter, composer, Mediæval Bæbes founder and master of...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: March/2024

Review of Buile

Buile

Roehind

Alys Hoy

Rating: ★★

The brainchild of LA-based indie artist Alys Hoy (aka Roehind), Buile fuses Celtic traditional songs from across Europe with downtempo...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: March/2024

Review of Duniama

Duniama

Jarabi Band

Music in Exile

Rating: ★★★★

The Jarabi Band was formed a decade ago when Mohamed Camara, a Guinean-born, Australian-based kora player, songwriter and vocalist, and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024

Review of South Atlantic Blues

South Atlantic Blues

Scott Fagan

Earth Records

Rating: ★★★★

South Atlantic Blues was first released in 1968, at the same time as Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks. While Morrison’s album...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: March/2024

Review of We Know by the Moon

We Know by the Moon

The Furrow Collective

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Anglo-Scottish quartet celebrate a decade of music making with their fourth album, We Know by the Moon. Emily Portman,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2024

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