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Review of Ben Haana Wa Maana

Ben Haana Wa Maana

DAM

Cooking Vinyl

Rating: ★★★

Popular Palestinian rap trio DAM return with a third album that features the same political and social fervour as the...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Review of Bamboo

Bamboo

Minoru Muraoka

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★

This is a welcome full reissue of the experimental album from 1970, which is highly prized by collectors. Shakuhachi (Japanese...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Review of Hand to Play

Hand to Play

Olav Mjelva & Eli West

Olav Mjelva & Eli West

Rating: ★★★

The Seattle-based guitarist and singer Eli West is well-known for his old-time Americana duo with fellow singer Cahalen Morrison. West's...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Review of Sofa

Sofa

MiraMundo

NarRator Records

Rating: ★★★★

If ever you've sat around with friends messing around on instruments, no matter the level of your expertise (or inexpertise,...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of Beats of Zion

Beats of Zion

Rocky Dawuni

Six Degrees

Rating: ★★★

Since the tragic murder of Lucky Dube, the Ghanaian-born Dawuni has emerged as Africa's premier reggae artist and earned a...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of Cut it Down, Count the Rings

Cut it Down, Count the Rings

Copper Viper

Under the Bower Records

Rating: ★★★

Copper Viper's PR describes them as ‘an acoustic folk group from London,’ which isn't wrong but you could certainly be...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of Joy

Joy

AKA Trio

Top of the World

bendigedig

Rating: ★★★★

Three continents, one album, ten mellifluous performances. Those are the basic figures of AKA Trio; Italy's Antonio Forcione, Senegal's Seckou...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of Tailwind Home

Tailwind Home

Equus

Equus

Rating: ★★

Equus are an Australian group formed around the vocals and horse-head fiddle (morin huur) playing of Mongolian musician Bukhu Ganburged....

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of Future Flora

Future Flora

Black Flower

Sdban Ultra

Rating: ★★★★

This superb third album from the Belgian-by-way-of-the-Balkans five-piece continues the winning formula of combining Afro-funk with Ethio-jazz and then mixing...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Review of La Dôtu Lado

La Dôtu Lado

Coladera

Top of the World

Agogo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Right from the melancholic opening chords of a pair of acoustic guitars, you know you're in for a treat. Coladera...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

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