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Review of cloud horizons

cloud horizons

Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening

Resilient Records

Rating: ★★★★

‘The Darkening’ is the Northumbrian term for twilight and the music of cloud horizons is crepuscular. The lyrics of ‘Long...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2023

Review of Seed

Seed

Fiona Rutherford

Fiona Rutherford

Rating: ★★★

Edinburgh-based harpist Fiona Rutherford presents a beautifully composed listening experience with her latest release Seed. A fine mix of classical...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2023

Review of Inti Watana: El Retorno del Sol

Inti Watana: El Retorno del Sol

Luzmila Carpio

Top of the World

ZZK Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Veteran Bolivian singer Luzmila Carpio, one of the most prolific and well-respected of South American artists, returns here with a...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2023

Review of Soul & Science

Soul & Science

Nickodemus

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Nickodemus is a New York DJ whose global success has come through mixing house, hip-hop and disco with different sounds...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2023

Review of Namian Sidibé

Namian Sidibé

Namian Sidibé

Sahel Sounds

Rating: ★★★★★

There are fascinating clips online of a young Namian Sidibé performing on Malian TV talent show Mini Star in 2010....

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2023

Review of L’immortel – The 60's Rumba Revolution in Congo

L’immortel – The 60's Rumba Revolution in Congo

Franklin Boukaka

Frémeaux et Associés

Rating: ★★★★

Despite being one of the most instrumental musicians in the rumba revolution that took place across the two Congos during...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: October/2023

Review of Ballads of Seduction, Fertility and Ritual Slaughter

Ballads of Seduction, Fertility and Ritual Slaughter

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Was Ist Das?

Rating: ★★★★

Curated by Ned Netherwood and commemorating the 50th anniversary of seminal folk horror film The Wicker Man, Ballads of Seduction,...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2023

Review of Sum // Parts

Sum // Parts

Dhaivat Jani

Self-released

Rating: ★★★

Toronto-based composer and percussionist Jani's debut album is aptly named, as sum is the Hindi-Urdu word for that vital beat...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2023

Review of Fadolinka 2.0

Fadolinka 2.0

Maja Milinković

Croatia Records

Rating: ★★★

For some years now, Sarajevo singer Maja Milinković has been connecting the musical dots between Balkan and Portuguese traditions. With...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Okemah Rising

Okemah Rising

Dropkick Murphys

Dummy Luck Music

Rating: ★★★

Along with 2022's This Machine Still Kills Fascists, Dropkick Murphys’ Okemah Rising stems from a self-directed project, the purpose of...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/September/2023

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