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Review of Médikamen

Médikamen

Corey Ledet Zydeo

Top of the World

Arnaudville/Nouveau Electric

Rating: ★★★★★

Now 15 albums deep, the music of Texas-born, Louisiana-living zydeco busker Corey Ledet remains as vital as ever. However, this...

Reviewed by Andrew Daly in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Full Moon

Full Moon

Moonchild Sanelly

Transgressive Records Ltd.

Rating: ★★★★

It’s hard to miss Moonchild Sanelly. The South African singer can usually be identified by her blue braids and for...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2025

Review of So Long Little Miss Sunshine

So Long Little Miss Sunshine

Molly Tuttle

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

With her latest solo album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine, Molly Tuttle further secures her reputation as one of modern...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: September/2025

Review of A Piece of Infinity

A Piece of Infinity

Meklit

Top of the World

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★

Meklit is an Ethiopian-American vocalist, songwriter, composer and activist based in San Francisco. Her latest release finds her explicitly exploring...

Reviewed by George Newton in issue: December/2025

Review of Um Violão na Madrugada + Apresentando Baden Powell e seu Violão

Um Violão na Madrugada + Apresentando Baden Powell e seu Violão

Baden Powell

Aquarela do Brasil

Rating: ★★★

This Baden Powell is not to be mistaken with the British founder of the Boy Scouts Association who went by...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Song Hành

Song Hành

Onno Krijn & Ngo Hong Quang

Noon Records

Rating: ★★★

This is the first collaboration between the Vietnamese singer and instrumentalist Ngo Hong Quang and the Dutch composer and arranger...

Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: June/2012

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

Review of Cumbia Beat Vol 3

Cumbia Beat Vol 3

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★

Few places in the world were seemingly unaffected by the emergence of electric guitars and the success of The Beatles...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of La Migra

La Migra

Battle of Santiago

Made With Pencil Crayons

Rating: ★★

Opening track ‘Aguanileo’ is a marvellous thing: seven minutes of swirling guitars and horns, electronic trills and crashing sound effects...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2017

Review of Bendewarî/İntizar/Longing

Bendewarî/İntizar/Longing

Sakina

Ahenk Müsik

Rating: ★★★

Sakina Teyna is a traditional singer who was born into a Kurdish family in Varto, a small town in the...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2019

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