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Review of Whispering Sky

Whispering Sky

Tenzin Choegyal

4000 Records

Rating: ★★★★

Tibetan musician and composer Tenzin Choegyal has been in exile from his home country since the 1970s and based in...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2024

Review of reEncanto

reEncanto

Mayra Andrade

Komos

Rating: ★★★★

Andrade’s last record, Manga (2019), was a deep dive into the contemporary African pop music scene. reEncanto, a live acoustic...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2024

Review of Tales of Bobbi Niger

Tales of Bobbi Niger

TogoRhino

Straight Shooter

Rating: ★★★

Formed in Denmark in 2022, the quartet of guitarists Alain Apaloo and Olav Poulsen, harmonica player Peter Nande and percussionist...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2024

Review of Vertigo

Vertigo

Jaune Toujours

Choux de Bruxelles

Rating: ★★★

Jaune Toujours are a brass-heavy Belgian big band who’ve been active for over 25 years. This is their ninth album...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2024

Review of İstanbul Sokakları

İstanbul Sokakları

Baba Zula | BaBa ZuLa

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★

Hailed as ‘legendary’ this Istanbul-based four piece has been creating music best described as psychedelic for almost 30 years and...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2024

Review of Canciones en Blanco y Negro

Canciones en Blanco y Negro

Juana Luna

Folkalist Records

Rating: ★★★★

For those who have chosen to train their soul in such a way, folklore in Argentina is ever-present. Whether in...

Reviewed by Juan José Relmucao in issue: December/2024

Review of Music in the Realm of Fireflies: Improvisations for Peace and Healing

Music in the Realm of Fireflies: Improvisations for Peace and Healing

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Rhymoi Music

Rating: ★★★

This is meditative music, created by a group of Japanese and Japan-based musicians playing Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Korean and Mongolian...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: December/2024

Review of The Tinnitus Chorus

The Tinnitus Chorus

Michael Scott Dawson

We Are Busy Bodies

Rating: ★★★

Canadian sound artist and producer Michael Scott Dawson has spent years battling with hearing problems. In the process of making...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: December/2024

Review of Langt, Langt Vekk

Langt, Langt Vekk

Kanaan & Ævestaden

Jansen Reccords

Rating: ★★★★

Ævestaden are known for their delicate, hypnotic folktronica. Fellow Norwegians Kanaan are a psychedelic rock trio. That the two bands...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2024

Review of ’94 – Now: Collaborations

’94 – Now: Collaborations

Asian Dub Foundation

ADF Communications/X-Ray Production

Rating: ★★★★★

Asian Dub Foundation (ADF) celebrate 30 years of their radical history this autumn with this collection of the mightiest of...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2024

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