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Review of Nos Habet Caramel

Nos Habet Caramel

El Kontessa

Bilna’es

Rating: ★★★

Cairo-based DJ, producer and multidisciplinary artist Fajr Soliman mixes electro-pop and mahraganat (a blend of Egyptian folk and shaabi music,...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: October/2023

Review of Jbal Rras

Jbal Rras

Deena Abdelwahed

InFiné

Rating: ★★★★★

This Tunisian DJ and producer has long been hailed as one of the most exciting names in experimental dance music....

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: October/2023

Review of Peines Perdues

Peines Perdues

François-Félix Roy

François-Félix Roy

Rating: ★★★

The charm of François-Félix Roy's debut solo recording lies in its subtle approach to traditional and traditionally-based Québécois music. Roy,...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: October/2023

Review of Tabaco

Tabaco

Tabaco

El Palmas Music

Rating: ★★★★

Carlos ‘Tabaco’ Quintana, tall, thin and brown like the cigars he was nicknamed after, was a Venezuelan percussionist, singer and...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2023

Review of This Moment

This Moment

Shakti

Abstract Logix

Rating: ★★★★

It's 50 years since guitarist extraordinaire John McLaughlin and tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain formed Shakti as a landmark in the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023

Review of 42 Jabavu

42 Jabavu

Sabu Jiyana

NoOx Worldwide

Rating: ★★★★

42 Jabavu is a luminously engaging waypoint for Sabu Jiyana's Afro-fusion adventure. Jiyana, a multi-instrumentalist from South Africa, has been...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2023

Review of The Somerset Sessions

The Somerset Sessions

Seth Lakeman

Honour Oak Records

Rating: ★★★

Lakeman sings and plays several instruments but his great gift, drawing on the folk tradition, is for narrative. The Somerset...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2023

Review of Gal’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi

Gal’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi

Saltwater Hank

Saltwater Hank

Rating: ★★★★

Jeremy Pahl is the birth name of guitarist and fiddler Saltwater Hank, a member of the Ts’msyen group of First...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2023

Review of Home

Home

Eliza Gilkyson

Realiza Records

Rating: ★★★

Singer-songwriter and activist Eliza Gilkyson may not be a household name but she has pedigree. In a five-decade career her...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: October/2023

Review of Striding Out

Striding Out

Brown Boots

Brown Boots

Rating: ★★★★

London-based fiddle and melodeon duo Martin Clarke and Will Allen pulled on their Brown Boots and recorded their debut, First...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2023

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