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Review of Impressions of Samos

Impressions of Samos

Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos with The Giorgos Pappas Trio

Blue Crystal Records

Rating: ★★★★★★★

Known for a prolific body of work that moves between jazz, soul and acid folk, UK pianist/composer Greg Foat here...

Reviewed in issue July/2026

Review of Murder Ballads Vol II: The Positive Reinforcement Campaign

Murder Ballads Vol II: The Positive Reinforcement Campaign

Jessie Marino with Pinquins & Inga Margrete Aas

Top of the World

Motvind Records

Rating: ★★★★★★★★★

Jessie Marino is a composer and media artist working out of Berlin who began the Murder Ballads project in 2023...

Reviewed in issue July/2026

Review of I grow accustomed to the dark

I grow accustomed to the dark

Zosha Warpeha

Outside Time

Rating: ★★★★★★★

Recorded at the ISSUE Project Room in Brooklyn as part of a 2025 artist residency, I grow accustomed to the...

Reviewed in issue July/2026

Review of From the Lips to the Moon

From the Lips to the Moon

From the Lips to the Moon

Akazib Records

Rating: ★★★★★★★

There’s an alchemy at work in From the Lips to the Moon, the debut from Iranian duo Pouya Ehsaei and...

Reviewed in issue July/2026

Review of Idol Melodies

Idol Melodies

Melodi Ghazal

Anyines

Rating: ★★★★★★★

Melodi Ghazal’s debut full-length finds the Copenhagen-based artist tracing a path through cultural inheritance and sonic exploration. Raised by Iranian...

Reviewed in issue July/2026

Review of África sí

África sí

Mansfarroll

M. Percuson / InOuïe Distribution

Rating: ★★★★★★★★★

Mansfarroll’s third album África sí is a confident Atlantic crossing, binding Afro and Cuban lineages with clarity and flair. The...

Reviewed in issue July/2026

Review of Mal

Mal

AySay

V2 Records

Rating: ★★★★★★

With so many young European bands now mining the rich seam of retro sounds based on classic 70s Anatolian funk...

Reviewed in issue July/2026

Review of VoCe

VoCe

Gino Sitson

Polyvocal Records

Rating: ★★★★★★★★

Marking 30 years of recording and released alongside his memoir VoCe – The Colors in My Head, Gino Sitson’s tenth...

Reviewed in issue July/2026

Review of Ntjam Rosie

Ntjam Rosie

Ntjam Rosie

O-Tone Music

Rating: ★★★★★★

This is the ninth album by the Cameroonian-born singer Ntjam Rosie, although it’s the first to find its way onto...

Reviewed in issue July/2026

Review of Sabába

Sabába

Baklava Express

Baklava Express

Rating: ★★★★★★★

Sabába feels like an immersion in tradition, a collection of instrumental pieces that might have been passed down through generations....

Reviewed in issue July/2026

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