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Review of Das Nuvens

Das Nuvens

Fabiano Do Nascimento | Fabiano do Nascimento

Leaving Records

Rating: ★★

Fabiano do Nascimento was born and raised in Rio and São Paulo. For the last decade or so he's been...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Guilherme Coutinho e o Grupo Stalo

Guilherme Coutinho e o Grupo Stalo

Guilherme Coutinho e o Grupo Stalo

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded 45 years ago in the north Brazilian town of Belém and released on the Erla - Estudio Rauland label,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/September/2023

Review of The Ones Ahead

The Ones Ahead

Beverly Glenn-Copeland

Transgressive

Rating: ★★★

As he entered his seventies, the classically-trained Canada-based singer/composer Glenn-Copeland was lapsing into dignified retirement. Then he made public his...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2023

Review of City of Gold

City of Gold

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

With City of Gold, Molly Tuttle and producer/dobro guitar maestro Jerry Douglas have accomplished their self-appointed mission, which was to...

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

Review of The Wolf and the Lamb: Live at the Shakh

The Wolf and the Lamb: Live at the Shakh

Yale Strom & Pstromi

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Recorded live in the Shakh Synagogue in Holešov, Czech Republic, The Wolf and the Lamb is a klezmer album that...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Pura Sangre

Pura Sangre

Israel Fernández

Top of the World

Universal Music Spain

Rating: ★★★★

Israel Fernández is one of the biggest names in the younger generation of flamenco cantaores. As such, he stands between...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: August/September/2023

Review of reTORNAR

reTORNAR

Magalí Sare & Manel Fortià

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★★

If you worry that a voice and a double bass might be too frugal fare, no need. Catalan singer, Magalí...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Jolof

Jolof

Hervé Samb

Euleuk Vision

Rating: ★★★★

An album of complexity, sensitivity and smarts, Jolof takes its name from the kingdom that spanned West Africa – the...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Moldavia: Peasant Tunes from the Old Land of Hârlău

Moldavia: Peasant Tunes from the Old Land of Hârlău

Neculai Florea, Nicolae Amarandei, Valentin Bălăşanu

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Hârlău is a town in the Romanian region of Moldavia, about 70km from Iaşi. And this record is a deliberate...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Grass Roots

Grass Roots

Leftover Salmon

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★

What do you get when you mix together musicians from Left Hand String Band and The Salmon Heads? Leftover Salmon,...

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

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