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Review of Avoudé

Avoudé

Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band

Top of the World

We Are Busy Bodies

Rating: ★★★★★

With Avoudé, Dogo du Togo makes a dynamic leap from the stripped-back sound of his 2022 debut to an electrifying...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/2025

Review of Port’Inglês

Port’Inglês

Carmen Souza

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★

The tricky part about coming up with and cementing an aesthetic of your own is avoiding being cornered or imprisoned...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/2025

Review of American Railroad

American Railroad

Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens

Top of the World

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★★

For fans fortunate enough to get on board this project during its tour of the US from 2023 to 2024,...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: January/2025

Review of A Milers de Somnis de Distància

A Milers de Somnis de Distància

Santi Careta

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★★

Santi Careta is an intriguing Catalan musician. Contributing to bands like Astrio, Rodrigo Laviña y Su Combo and Alba Careta...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/2025

Review of Bosa Maria

Bosa Maria

Mostar Sevdah Reunion

Snail Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Twenty five years on from their debut, the finest and best-known exponents of Bosnian sevdah are still in a class...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: January/2025

Review of Dar Disku

Dar Disku

Dar Disku

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★

Dar Disku’s debut album aims to blend the vibrant sounds of Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) with modern electro,...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: January/2025

Review of Dead of Night

Dead of Night

Maalem Houssam Guinia

Hive Mind Records

Rating: ★★★★

The renowned master of Moroccan Gnawa music, Mahmoud Guinia, died in 2015; this album by his son Houssam serves as...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2024

Review of Canciones en Blanco y Negro

Canciones en Blanco y Negro

Juana Luna

Folkalist Records

Rating: ★★★★

For those who have chosen to train their soul in such a way, folklore in Argentina is ever-present. Whether in...

Reviewed by Juan José Relmucao in issue: December/2024

Review of Dance of Love

Dance of Love

Tucker Zimmerman

4AD

Rating: ★★★

Born in 1941 in San Francisco, Belgium-based folk singer-songwriter Tucker Zimmerman is a child of the 60s. Haight-Ashbury psychedelia, draft-dodging...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2024

Review of Talassa

Talassa

Dario Muci

Zero Zero Nove

Rating: ★★★

After 25 years of researching and performing traditional music from Salento and Apulia, Italy, singer-songwriter Dario Muci releases his first...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: December/2024

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