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Review of Assiniboine & the Red

Assiniboine & the Red

The Small Glories

Top of the World

Red House Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Small Glories – grizzle-voiced Canadian folk-roots scene veteran JD Edwards and ex-Wailin' Jennys' Cara Luft – return to familiar...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2019

Review of Across the Field

Across the Field

House and Land

Thrill Jockey Records

Rating: ★★★

Across the Field has an appealingly ramshackle, rough-edged, home-made quality across its seven tracks. There is a refreshingly quirky and...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2019

Review of Digital Kabar

Digital Kabar

VARIOUS ARTISTS

InFiné

Rating: ★★★

Since the 1990s, maloya – the quasi-religious, deeply political Creole music of La Réunion that was famously banned by the...

Reviewed by Tim Clarke-Romain in issue: November/2019

Review of Sara Correia

Sara Correia

Sara Correia

Universal Music Portugal

Rating: ★★★★

Occasionally, a new voice reminds us that traditional fado is still very much alive and proves that the pop or...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2019

Review of Put on Your Best Dress: Sonia Pottinger Ska & Rock Steady 1966-1967

Put on Your Best Dress: Sonia Pottinger Ska & Rock Steady 1966-1967

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Doctor Bird Records

Rating: ★★★★

Showcasing the work of Jamaican producer Sonia Pottinger, Put on Your Best Dress is packed with rocksteady and its musical...

Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: November/2019

Review of Respeitosa Mente

Respeitosa Mente

Ricardo Ribeiro

Warner Music Portugal

Rating: ★★★★

Although there is no obvious trace of Lebanese oud player Rabih Abou-Khalil in Respeitosa Mente, it is hard to imagine...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2019

Review of Adghah

Adghah

Bibi Ahmed

Sounds of Subterrania

Rating: ★★★★

Touareg guitar music takes many forms; there is the incandescent psychedelia of Bombino and Mdou Moctar, the nimble blues-rock of...

Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: November/2019

Review of Kalilima

Kalilima

Faith Mussa

Beating Heart

Rating: ★★★★

Faith Mussa comes from a strong musical background. Growing up in Blantyre, Malawi, he started performing with The Mussa Family...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2019

Review of Early Congo Music 1946-1962: First Rumba, to the Real Rumba

Early Congo Music 1946-1962: First Rumba, to the Real Rumba

VARIOUS ARTISTS

El Sur Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Early Congo Music 1946-1962 has been compiled and annotated by Japanese collector Yoshiki Fukasawa. His unusual sub-title comes from the...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2019

Review of Sempre

Sempre

Katia Guerreiro

KG Produções

Rating: ★★★

It's no wonder that Katia Guerreiro, looking for a new direction in her career, chose to work with José Mário...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2019

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