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Review of The Sky Unfurls, The Dance Goes On

The Sky Unfurls, The Dance Goes On

Wax Machine

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★

Led by Brazilian-born, Italian/English-raised songwriter and singer Lau Ro, Wax Machine’s third album, The Sky Unfurls, The Dance Goes On,...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Talende Strenger/Kertovat Kielet

Talende Strenger/Kertovat Kielet

Ragnhild Knudsen & Pauliina Syrjälä

Taragot Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

Look no further than this Norwegian/Finnish collaboration for a textbook example of how musicians and producers should convey their music...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Ode Dite

Ode Dite

Adam Semijalac

Adam Semijalac

Rating: ★★

This is a curious release from Croatian guitarist and singer-songwriter Adam Semijalac. He’s deliberately put his guitar away and picked...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Imershón

Imershón

Vernon Chatlein

AudioMaze

Rating: ★★★★

Vernon Chatlein is a composer, theatre maker and musician from Curaçao, an island in the region of the Caribbean that...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Black Attack

Black Attack

Mutabaruka

Top of the World

Ariwa

Rating: ★★★★

40 years since Mutabaruka’s first studio album, and 14 years since his last, this new release from the Jamaican dub...

Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Sule Skerry

Sule Skerry

Hildaland

Adhyâropa Records

Rating: ★★★

The thought of a duo comprising nothing more than fiddle and mandolin made me doubtful. Surely these instruments have a...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: January/February/2024

Review of A Flor de Piel

A Flor de Piel

Montañera

Western Vinyl

Rating: ★★★

The contribution and influence of Colombians and a new generation of Anglo-Colombians to the development of Latin music in the...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Addis

Addis

Daniel Lemma

Dextra Music

Rating: ★★★★

Born in Addis Ababa in 1970 and growing up in Sweden, Lemma has been making music since his teens but...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Solar: Sun Ra in Brasil (Red Hot + Ra)

Solar: Sun Ra in Brasil (Red Hot + Ra)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Red Hot Organization

Rating: ★★★★

One of the most enigmatic figures in jazz, whose musical legacy and Afrofuturistic mythology stretched way beyond genre limits, this...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: January/February/2024

Review of When We Fly

When We Fly

Siger

Trad Records

Rating: ★★★

Hartwin Dhoore and his younger brother, Ward, are a duo from Rodeland in Belgium. They take their name, Siger, from...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: January/February/2024

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