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Review of Dengue Fever

Dengue Fever

Ting Mong

Top of the World

TUK TUK Records

Rating: ★★★★

Dengue Fever’s sixth full-length album is their first for eight years and marks the 20th anniversary of the Cambodian-US band’s...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: November/2023

Review of Paris Bamako Jazz

Paris Bamako Jazz

Baba Sissoko & Jean-Philippe Rykiel

Caligola

Rating: ★★★★

Griot Jazz, the collaboration between ngoni and talking drum master Baba Sissoko, Lansiné Kouyaté on balafon, Madou Sidiki Diabaté and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2023

Review of Red Mist

Red Mist

Tian Qiyi feat Jah Wobble

Top of the World

Pagoda Arts

Rating: ★★★★

John Wardle, aka Jah Wobble, has enjoyed a remarkable career. One of Britain’s most adventurous bass guitarists, he played in...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2023

Review of The Drip

The Drip

Rubim de Toledo

Bottom Dweller Music

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded with seven other prominent West-Canadian Jazz musicians and featuring vocalist Karimah, this latest release by Canadian-Brazilian bassist Rubim de...

Reviewed by George Newton in issue: November/2023

Review of Ladaniva

Ladaniva

Ladaniva

[PIAS]

Rating: ★★★

Ladaniva is the creation of Belarusso-Armenian singer Jaklin Baghdasaryan and French multi-instrumentalist, Louis Thomas, whose featured trumpet playing often recalls...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2023

Review of Tudat Alatt

Tudat Alatt

Soma Salamon

Fonó

Rating: ★★★

Soma Salamon is a folk music researcher and performer specialising in traditional flutes. He’s played with a number of bands...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2023

Review of A Curious Compendium of Crooked Irish Tunes Vol 1

A Curious Compendium of Crooked Irish Tunes Vol 1

Dave Flynn

Frisbee Records

Rating: ★★★

It’s safe to say that Dr Dave Flynn is something of an iconoclast. The composer and guitarist behind the Irish...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2023

Review of Wild Wet World

Wild Wet World

Cosmo Sheldrake

Tardigrade

Rating: ★★★

Sheldrake’s previous album was the excellent Wake Up Calls, featuring music and sound set to birdsong, in order to ‘help...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2023

Review of Irish Rock’n’Roll

Irish Rock’n’Roll

The Mary Wallopers

BC Records

Rating: ★★★★★

‘Well here I am from Paddy’s Land,’ sings Charles Hendy in the opening line of ‘The Bauld O’Donoghue’, the first...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: November/2023

Review of Sur Mon Dos

Sur Mon Dos

Matjé

Label d’À Côté

Rating: ★★★

Like Manu Chao, Matjé is a musical voyager, who took his artist’s name from the Creole word ‘to write’. The...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2023

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