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Review of Maison de Pierres: Confiné Aux Voyages

Maison de Pierres: Confiné Aux Voyages

Nicolas Boulerice

La Compagnie Du Nord

Rating: ★★★

Atmospheric, exploratory and stark, Maison de Pierres is the second release in a trilogy of recordings by Le Vent du...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of Raridades

Raridades

Tom Zé

Warner Music Brasil

Rating: ★★★★★

At 83, tropicália's disrupter-in-chief Tom Zé is surely long overdue for the singles, rarities and B-sides treatment. This rarely less...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of Bom Mesmo É Estar Debaixo d'Água

Bom Mesmo É Estar Debaixo d'Água

Luedji Luna

Luedji Luna

Rating: ★★★

On her second album Bahian Luedji Luna has brought on Kenya's Kato Change as producer, shifting from the dreamy soundscapes...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno

Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno

Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★

Looking for a musical antidote to the crushing malaise? Look no further than Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno's self-titled debut....

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of Oka Vanga

Oka Vanga

Oka Vanga

Crazy Bird Records

Rating: ★★★★

The third album from this folk-Americana duo is for the most part a welcome remedy during challenging times, being a...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of On the Rock

On the Rock

Ofra Harnoy

Analekta

Rating: ★★★★

On the Rock takes 14 beloved songs, jigs and reels from Newfoundland and sends them gently spinning in a new...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of Cuba: Music and Revolution – Culture Clash in Havana Cuba, Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85 Vol 1

Cuba: Music and Revolution – Culture Clash in Havana Cuba, Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85 Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soul Jazz

Rating: ★★★★★

This compilation, curated by Gilles Peterson and Soul Jazz's Stuart Baker, collects together some of the most exploratory items from...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of Color de Trópico

Color de Trópico

VARIOUS ARTISTS

El Palmas Music

Rating: ★

The mining of South America's lost music archives continues apace, seemingly unimpeded by anything new and exciting. This vinyl, compiled...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Review of Lunar Tredd

Lunar Tredd

Fimber Bravo

Top of the World

Moshi Moshi Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Fimber Bravo may not be Trinidad's best-known steel pan player. His skill comes instead through experimentation, a creative approach that...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Review of This Old House

This Old House

Bran Sanders

Bran Sanders

Rating: ★★★

Bran Sanders hails from Shallow Lake in rural Ontario, though he's since lived a semi-nomadic, busking way through life on...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

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