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Review of Danse Divines

Danse Divines

DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson

Hot Casa Records

Rating: ★★★

Danse Divines is the fourth album from this French duo with a sun-kissed Afropean lilt and beats ranging from disco...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025

Review of Nubes Selva

Nubes Selva

Grecia Albán

Folkalist Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ecuadorian singer Grecia Albán’s first UK release Nubes Selva, which loosely translates as ‘Cloud Jungle’, reinvents traditional Ecuadorian, and South...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: August/2025

Review of For Those Left Behind

For Those Left Behind

Famo Mountain

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded in the shadow of Lesotho’s Famo gang violence, For Those Left Behind is a defiant, dizzying triumph. The five-piece...

Reviewed by Hillary Palesa Morusi in issue: August/2025

Review of Second Circle the Horizon

Second Circle the Horizon

Sally Anne Morgan

Top of the World

Thrill Jockey Records

Rating: ★★★★★

To evoke the natural world is an age-old quest for musicians. To accomplish the mission so thoroughly and sonorously, as...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/2025

Review of Evigheten Forestår

Evigheten Forestår

Hekate

heilo

Rating: ★★★★

Meet Hekate, a vocal trio that have already cast a spell over audiences with their chilling and thrilling brew of...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2025

Review of Music from the Dunhuang Caves / Seeking the Tao of Strings

Music from the Dunhuang Caves / Seeking the Tao of Strings

Wu Man

NCPA Classics

Rating: ★★★

Wu Man, a contemporary master of the pipa (the Chinese lute) has recently released two albums that demonstrate her fascinating...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/2025

Review of Detrás da Serra

Detrás da Serra

Banda De Pífanos Caju Pinga Fogo

Banda De Pífanos Caju Pinga Fogo

Rating: ★★★★

The pífano is a type of fife flute that probably originated from Europe but was adapted using bamboo by the...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: August/2025

Review of Sancocho Trifásico

Sancocho Trifásico

Empanadas Ilegales

We Are Time

Rating: ★★★★

As their hilarious name suggests, Empanadas Ilegales cross South American borders with impunity. Musically that is. The Vancouver-based, multi-heritage band...

Reviewed by Justin Turford in issue: August/2025

Review of Songs for the Mist Forest

Songs for the Mist Forest

Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman

Blackford Hill

Rating: ★★★

The music created by childhood friends Morgan Szymanski and Tommy Perman serves as a reflection of their natural surroundings. While...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: August/2025

Review of Avenida Paulista, da Consolação ao Paraíso

Avenida Paulista, da Consolação ao Paraíso

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Selo Risco

Rating: ★★★★

The Avenida Paulista is the beating heart of São Paulo. Nowhere is the wide disparities in Brazilian society more apparent...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: August/2025

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