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Review of Soprem Bons Ventos

Soprem Bons Ventos

Pedro Ricardo

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★

Pedro Ricardo, Portuguese multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer, explains that his debut album represents “an ode to the past, to those...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2023

Review of In Search of Sources

In Search of Sources

Jarek Adamów & Marcin Kozak

Folken Music

Rating: ★★

Unlike the Jarek Adamów album that follows this one, In Search of Sources features two Polish musicians interested in the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Sleeping Giants

Sleeping Giants

Unfurl

Unfurl

Rating: ★★★★

Formed by violinist/bandleader Olivia Moore, Unfurl is a Manchester-based collective that draws upon contemporary jazz and Indian classical music, partially...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2022

Review of A to Z

A to Z

Atongo Zimba

Atongo Zimba

Rating: ★★★★

This is Atongo Zimba’s first international release after 14 years and he could not have re-entered the musical fray in...

Reviewed by Bram Postumus in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Poems from Szék

Poems from Szék

Anna Sőregi

Fonó

Rating: ★★★

The Transylvanian village of Szék occupies an important place in the Hungarian folk tradition. It’s situated in Romania, but the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Bangalore Dreams

Bangalore Dreams

Jyotsna Srikanth

United Sound Records

Rating: ★★★

After success with her dazzling acoustic Karnatic trio record, Call of Bangalore, Jyotsna Srikanth returns with a short album that...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Silêncio

Silêncio

Claudia Aurora

World Village

Rating: ★★

It’s not very clear what Claudia Aurora’s trying to do here. But whatever it is, it doesn’t seem to work....

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2012

Review of Are You Invested in the Economy of Love?

Are You Invested in the Economy of Love?

ELY

Algebra Records

Rating: ★★★★

While this debut release from London/Lefkosia-based project ELY features some of the UK’s finest contemporary jazz musicians – including AIM...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: April/2022

Review of Both in a Tune

Both in a Tune

Knight & Spiers

Top of the World

Peter Knight & John Spiers

Rating: ★★★★

Two giants of English folk from different generations come together with an album of tunes that follows on from their...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2022

Review of Django l'Impressionniste

Django l'Impressionniste

Stéphane Wrembel

Water is Life Records

Rating: ★★★★

Perhaps best known for his Grammy-winning soundtrack to Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, this French-born guitarist and composer has virtually...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2020

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