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Review of Kagabas

Kagabas

Lion’s Drums

Biologic Records

Rating: ★★

Just when you weren’t waiting for a steaming chiva bus up to the mountains of the Colombian coast, along come...

Reviewed in issue May/2021

Review of Long Violent History

Long Violent History

Tyler Childers

Hickman Holler Records

Rating: ★★★★

In September, with no pre-release fanfare, vaunted country/bluegrass singer-songwriter Tyler Childers released his fourth album, Long Violent History, accompanied by...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

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

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