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Review of Desturi

Desturi

Kasiva Mutua

Delicious Tunes

Rating: ★★★★

Kasiva Mutua has been making a name for herself as a standout percussionist in Kenyan and African music, fusing the...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/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 Freehand

Freehand

Kabantu

Humanati Records

Rating: ★★★

Having witnessed much of Freehand being performed by this eclectic ensemble earlier in the year, it is a pleasure to...

Reviewed by Anne Templer in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Glasshouses

Glasshouses

James Lascelles Quartet

Orme Records

Rating: ★

Keyboardist Lascelles was a founder member of the Global Village Trucking Company in the early 1970s, going on to become...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2017

Review of Bleu de Lune

Bleu de Lune

Zoufris Maracas

Top of the World

Chapter Two Records

Rating: ★★★★

This Franco-Algerian bunch of latter-day troubadours was discovered busking on the streets of Paris. Their live shows are renowned and...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2020

Review of People of the Sun

People of the Sun

Anthony Joseph

Heavenly Sweetness

Rating: ★★★

Anthony Joseph was raised in Trinidad, shifted to London and has, over recent decades, made a name for himself as...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2018

Review of Light Up the Dark

Light Up the Dark

The Outside Track

Larimer Records

Rating: ★★★

There is a stadium feel to The Outside Track's music. The pan-Celtic quintet (from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton) have...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of $/He Who Feeds You…Owns You

$/He Who Feeds You…Owns You

The Brother Moves On

Native Rebel Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

In a terrific transition from the protest music of their last album, Tolika Mtoliki, The Brother Moves On's fourth record...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: December/2022

Review of Port

Port

Forabandit

Top of the World

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★★

It's the energy and urgency of Forabandit that impresses the most. There's an unstoppable drive about these songs, performed by...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2014

Review of La Voz Del Mar

La Voz Del Mar

Xiomara Torres

Patois Records

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from Guapi on the Pacific Coast, but residing in Cali, Colombia, Xiomara Torres displays both her traditional roots and...

Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: November/2022

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