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Review of Dub Will Keep Us Together

Dub Will Keep Us Together

Dub Colossus

Real World X

Rating: ★★★★★★★★

Formed by the late great Nick Page after a visit to Ethiopia, Dub Colossus were an inspired and experimental British...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2026

Review of Kijombo

Kijombo

Yasser Thejeda & Palotré

Yasser Thejeda & Palotré

Rating: ★★★★

One might start by pointing out that the musicianship on this recording, the second from this joint Dominican and New...

Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: April/2020

Review of Kutumba

Kutumba

AO Music

Abbeywood Records

Rating: ★★★★

One wonders if in recent times there has been such a truly global release as Kutumba  – meaning ‘family’ in...

Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Musics from Nyanza

Musics from Nyanza

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ocora Radio France 2 CDs

Rating: ★★★★

This double-CD set is one of the most recent releases of the ever-impeccable Ocora Radio France label. Continuing the French...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2016

Review of VisaFree

VisaFree

RotFront

Essay Recordings

Rating: ★★

A Ukrainian, two Hungarians, an Australian and five Germans walk into a recording studio, and… well, I wish I could...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Nite Bjuti

Nite Bjuti

Nite Bjuti

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Brooklyn- based trio Val Jeanty, Candice Hoyes and Mimi Jones release a haunting tribute to sustained jazz improvisation across 11...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: November/2023

Review of Towards Other Worlds

Towards Other Worlds

Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra

First World Records

Rating: ★★★

Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra formed in late 2007 at a series of late night Afrobeat sessions at a Leeds-based jazz venue...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2013

Review of 21

21

HILA

Underdog Records

Rating: ★★★★

HILA (Hay/High in Los Angeles) is the brainchild of Armenian cellist Artyom Manukyan and Armenian-American producer Dawatile. Their debut album...

Reviewed by Thomas Graves in issue: June/2020

Review of Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal

Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal

Tuuletar

Top of the World

Bafe''s Factory

Rating: ★★★★

This is the debut recording of one of Finland's most dynamic new groups. The four young women who comprise Tuuletar...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2017

Review of Viento y Tiempo: Live at Blue Note Tokyo

Viento y Tiempo: Live at Blue Note Tokyo

Aymée Nuviola | Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Top Stop Music

Rating: ★★★★

In August 2019 the award-winning Cuban artists Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymée Nuviola teamed up to play six sold-out nights at...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2020

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