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Review of Cuckoo Storm

Cuckoo Storm

Marry Waterson & Adrian Crowley

One Little Independent

Rating: ★★★

Marry Waterson has delivered an eclectic array of duet recordings over the past decade or so, from 2011’s The Days...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2024

Review of Deep of Time

Deep of Time

Cory Seznec

Captain Pouch Records

Rating: ★★★

Cory Seznec’s fourth album, Deep of Time, conceived and produced during the COVID-19 lockdown, presents a contemplative, metaphysical, ethereal side...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2024

Review of Chaos

Chaos

Lagos Thugs

Top of the World

Immensum Music

Rating: ★★★★

On first play of this sparkling debut album from Nigerian 12-piece Lagos Thugs, it’s hard to believe you’re not listening...

Reviewed by Russel Higham in issue: March/2024

Review of Dusa

Dusa

Monika Wierzbicka

Garaż Artystyczny

Rating: ★★★

Monika Wierzbicka is no newcomer to the Polish music scene. Active since the early 2000s, she co-founded a pop band...

Reviewed by Michał Wieczorek in issue: March/2024

Review of Celebration

Celebration

Common Kings

Mensch House Records

Rating: ★★★

Like many of their Oceanic compatriots, ever since their 2013 debut California-based quartet Common Kings have managed to craft a...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2024

Review of Early Life Forms

Early Life Forms

Vitja Pauwels

W.E.R.F. Records

Rating: ★★★★

This feast for axe freaks captures the live debut of a new supergroup assembled by Brussels-based multi-instrumentalist and sound sculptor...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: March/2024

Review of The Night Dwells in the Day

The Night Dwells in the Day

Jozef Van Wissem | Jozef van Wissem

Incunabulum Records

Rating: ★★★

Josef Van Wissem is on a mission, to transform the image of that ancient instrument, the lute, and “to update...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2024

Review of Acoustic Live

Acoustic Live

Kultur Shock

Old Age Recording Co

Rating: ★★★★

A mainstay of Seattle’s indie scene in the early 2000s, Balkan punk rockers Kultur Shock are back with a surprising...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: March/2024

Review of Hon Muru (Bears Ears)

Hon Muru (Bears Ears)

Clark Tenakhongva

Öngtupqa Music

Rating: ★★★★

The landscape of the Southwestern United States is at the heart of this new recording by Hopi singer Clark Tenakhongva....

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: March/2024

Review of Musow Dance

Musow Dance

Les Amazones d’Afrique

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★

When Les Amazones d’Afrique gave their debut British concert at WOMAD, back in 2016, they sounded gloriously original. Here were...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2024

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