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Review of Circadian

Circadian

Manu Delago

Top of the World

One Little Indian

Rating: ★★★★

Last year's Parasol Peak release (a Top of the World review in #143) was a milestone in Manu Delago's career....

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2019

Review of El Viaje

El Viaje

Harold López-Nussa

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

What a lovely album this is: a work of fluid yet inventive piano compositions rooted in classical, nodding to jazz...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2016

Review of Parfum de Jasmin

Parfum de Jasmin

Med Fusion Orchester

Editions Milan Music

Rating: ★★

There is something very Western-centric and media-friendly about the fashion for naming popular uprisings after colours, seasons and horticulture. It’s...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2012

Review of ¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta!

¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta!

Two Gentlemen Band

Serious Business Records

Rating: ★★★

Old-time music – that pre-modern amalgam of all the most exciting bits of 19th and early 20th century enter¬tainment careering...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012

Review of Tributo Desde Londres a Cali

Tributo Desde Londres a Cali

Dorance Lorza & Sexteto Café

DLR Music

Rating: ★★

After a smash-hit album with Salsa with Vibraphone, Dorance Lorza & Sexteto Café are back. The music here is pleasant,...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Mirage

Mirage

Solana

Solana

Rating: ★★★

Founded in Valencia in 2012 as an itinerant acoustic folk trio but now based in Bristol with their current line-up...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2022

Review of Wanga

Wanga

Throes + The Shine

Discotexas

Rating: ★★★★

Throes + The Shine's fiery electronic reconfigurations of kuduro – the popular Angolan dance music of the 1980s – are...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2016

Review of One Blinding Dusky Dusk

One Blinding Dusky Dusk

Whiskey Moonface

Smugglers Records

Rating: ★

Born out of a meeting of musical minds in an East London pub, this debut album is straight from the...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2014

Review of Yoyi

Yoyi

Grupo Los Yoyi

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★

Launching the Brighton-based label’s new Cuban Classic Series comes this curio from 1977, originally released on the Areito subsidiary of...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/February/2024

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

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