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Review of La Danza

La Danza

Novalima

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Peruvian band, Novalima, blend Afro-Peruvian music with electronica, Latin American beats, and other contemporary genres. This intoxicating mix has...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Jopango

Jopango

Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno

Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno

Rating: ★★★

If Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno’s KWEChE was something of a disappointment in 2021, Jopango proves much more coherent and satisfying. To...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Always Can’t Go On Forever

Always Can’t Go On Forever

Don Kipper

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Since their widely acclaimed 2018 album Seven Sisters, which celebrated the cultural roots of the band, Don Kipper have been...

Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Jól Élünk (We Have a Pretty Good Life)

Jól Élünk (We Have a Pretty Good Life)

Times New Román

Top of the World

Times New Román

Rating: ★★★★★

This is the debut recording of a pretty new Hungarian band who were one of the local highlights of 2022’s...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Live on Tour

Live on Tour

George Kahumoku Jr, Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho

Daniel Ho Creations

Rating: ★★★

A master and impresario of kī hō’alu (Hawaiian slack key guitar), George Kahumoku Jr opens this concert recording with a...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Quarterdays

Quarterdays

Gavin Marwick

Journeyman Records

Rating: ★★★★

Characterised by contemporary tunes delivered with a traditional vibe, fiddler and composer Gavin Marwick’s exciting new project is a swaggering...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Kiriküüt

Kiriküüt

Rüüt

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★

Rüüt is an Estonian quartet who recorded their first album in 2015, not to be confused with the more minimal...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Aspan

Aspan

Sababa 5

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★

For their second album, Tel Aviv-based instrumental group Sababa 5 move away from the rather self-conscious pan-global hotchpotch that characterised...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Manual de Romería

Manual de Romería

Rodrigo Cuevas

Sony Music

Rating: ★★★★★

For some years now, Rodrigo Cuevas has been living in a little village in Asturias, retreating from contact with big...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Legacy

Legacy

SVER

Folkhall Records

Rating: ★★★★

This brilliant Norwegian/Swedish quintet are celebrating 15 years together and they continue to thrill with their take on traditional tunes...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/February/2024

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