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Review of Shapes of the Fall

Shapes of the Fall

Piers Faccini

Top of the World

Nø Førmat!/Beating Drum

Rating: ★★★★

Close to two decades ago painter, poet and musical polymath, Piers Faccini, released his solo debut on Label Bleu. Since...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021

Review of Where the Gods are in Peace

Where the Gods are in Peace

Antibalas

Daptone Records

Rating: ★★★★

Brooklyn's Antibalas have been releasing Afrobeat records for nearly two decades and their latest effort is an exemplary demonstration of...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2017

Review of Reggae Dancer

Reggae Dancer

Eastern Arrernte Band

CAAMA Music

Rating: ★★★

There’s a long and proud tradition of Australian Aboriginal rock-reggae groups, from both remote desert regions and urban cities, that...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Laisvė Šaukia

Laisvė Šaukia

Saulius Petreikis

Saulės Muzika

Rating: ★★★

This latest 14-track, live recording from prolific Lithuanian multi-instrumentalist Saulius Petreikis and his guitarist brother Donatas Petreikis, came out in...

Reviewed by Fiona Mactaggart in issue: October/2021

Review of Mycelium

Mycelium

Jacky Molard Quartet

Innacor

Rating: ★★★

Mycelium is (apparently) the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike filaments. The threadlike filaments...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: May/2019

Review of Fa

Fa

Susana Seivane

Nakra

Rating: ★★★★

Images of Galician piper Susana Seivane's son, born during an eight-year absence from the studio, litter the thick little booklet...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of The Greatest Day

The Greatest Day

Jake Shimabukuro

JS Records

Rating: ★★

There's never been any doubt that Jake Shimabukuro is a remarkable ukulele player. From his early success in Hawaii with...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2019

Review of Aïda

Aïda

Maïa Barouh

Editions Saravah

Rating: ★★★

Taking inspiration from traditional folk, tribal groove, French rap and the Tokyo underground scene, Maïa Barouh is an artist that...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: March/2023

Review of Hour of Solitude

Hour of Solitude

Blue Mantra Rhymes

The Slow Music Movement

Rating: ★★★★

Blue Mantra Rhymes is the brainchild of Ed Cooke, an English ex-pat living and working in Thailand. A number of...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: April/2022

Review of From Blues to Rembetika

From Blues to Rembetika

Mark T

Circle of Sound

Rating: ★★

Mark T is a British blues musician and, listening to the several live tunes included on From Blues to Rembetika,...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

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