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Review of A Milers de Somnis de Distància

A Milers de Somnis de Distància

Santi Careta

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★★

Santi Careta is an intriguing Catalan musician. Contributing to bands like Astrio, Rodrigo Laviña y Su Combo and Alba Careta...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/2025

Review of The Escapist

The Escapist

David Harland

David Harland

Rating: ★★★★

On previous releases, Minneapolis-based guitarist David Harland explored singer-songwriter territory alongside instrumentals but this is an entire album of solo...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: January/2025

Review of Bosa Maria

Bosa Maria

Mostar Sevdah Reunion

Snail Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Twenty five years on from their debut, the finest and best-known exponents of Bosnian sevdah are still in a class...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: January/2025

Review of Chromesthesia: The Colour of Sound Vol 1

Chromesthesia: The Colour of Sound Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Chromesthesia

Rating: ★★★★

Chromesthesia: The Colour of Sound Vol 1, curated by British-Egyptian historian Hannah Elsisi, is a powerful compilation showcasing Afro-descendant electronic...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/2025

Review of Starlings

Starlings

Dekel

Dekel Music

Rating: ★★★★

Singer-songwriter Dekel’s latest release is a self-proclaimed cultural smorgasbord, rich in Eastern European sounds and old Jewish melodies. Reflecting Dekel’s...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: January/2025

Review of Prisoner

Prisoner

Lucky Dube

Shanachie Entertainment

Rating: ★★★★★

There have been many fine reggae artists to come out of Africa since Bob Marley played in Zimbabwe in 1980...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2025

Review of Flock II

Flock II

Flock

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

There’s a right-to-fail clause inherent in all experimental music. Pushing at boundaries needs to involve mistakes, doubt in the creative...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: January/2025

Review of ONO

ONO

Moana & The Tribe

Black Pearl

Rating: ★★★★★

Since her 1980s debut, New Zealand Māori singer Moana Maniapoto has remained at the forefront of Aotearoa’s Indigenous music scene,...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/2025

Review of In Winter

In Winter

The Unthanks

Top of the World

RabbleRouser Music

Rating: ★★★★★

A winter album has been on the to-do list of this brilliantly inventive art-folk ensemble for a decade and a...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: January/2025

Review of Kairo

Kairo

Momi Maiga

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★

Kairo is a very sonically diverse and soulful record from the young Senegalese maestro, aiming to bring together ancient and...

Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: January/2025

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