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Review of Moreïne/Déclives

Moreïne/Déclives

La Tène

Les Disques Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

It proves very difficult to tell what is electronic and what isn’t on La Tène’s cavernous and insistent new record,...

Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: January/2026

Review of Rising

Rising

Lyyra

Warner Classics

Rating: ★★★★★★★

It seems remarkable that across the US there is currently only one professional all-female a cappella choir. More remarkable, then,...

Reviewed by James Rorison in issue: May/2026

Review of Wa

Wa

Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler

Everest Records

Rating: ★★★

This really is like no other Middle Eastern recording you are likely to encounter and it is best to say...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: April/2020

Review of Aloud

Aloud

Raymond Antrobus & Evelyn Glennie

Toy Gun Murder Records

Rating: ★★★★

Poet Raymond Antrobus and percussionist Evelyn Glennie reconvene for a second album of percussion and poetry, made in one afternoon,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2025

Review of Gaudencia

Gaudencia

MC Yallah & Debmaster

Hakuna Kulala

Rating: ★★★★

After listening to an MC Yallah record it's tempted to conclude that every other rapper in the game is slacking....

Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: September/2025

Review of Jardin d’ailleurs

Jardin d’ailleurs

Gaëlle Bagot & Juan Manuel Nieto

VeevCom

Rating: ★★★

The piano-clarinet duet format, with vocals sung mainly in French, would not be my first choice, but this new release...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: February/March/2026

Review of He is #1

He is #1

Malawi Mouse Boys

Top of the World

Independent Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Malawi Mouse Boys take their name from how they make their living when not playing music – selling mice...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2012

Review of Future Trad Collective

Future Trad Collective

Future Trad Collective

Vertical Records

Rating: ★★★

The Future Trad Collective's music has the aura of a mighty jam session. The creation of three musicians who all...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011

Review of Desesperanza

Desesperanza

Meridian Brothers

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★★

In Bogotá’s alternative music scene Meridian Brothers are quite rightly hailed as one of Colombia’s most interesting and enjoyable musical...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Sublime Strings – South Indian Classical Music

Sublime Strings – South Indian Classical Music

Lalgudi G Jayaraman

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

The violinist Lalgudi Jayaraman is part of a long line of disciples of the famous Tyagaraja, an 18th-century composer and...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2011

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