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Review of Sóc Poeta

Sóc Poeta

Alba Asensi

Microscopi

Rating: ★★★★

This album from Alba Asensi, from Alicante, Spain, is her second release, following 2019's Semillas. She also founded Feminarum Aures,...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: May/2023

Review of Anarouz

Anarouz

3MA

Top of the World

Mad Minute Music

Rating: ★★★★

It has been a decade since the three master musicians of 3MA – Ballaké Sissoko (kora), Driss El Maloumi (oud)...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2018

Review of Port de Taipana

Port de Taipana

Duo de Schepper-Sanczuk

Appel Rekords

Rating: ★★★

This second studio album from the Belgian duo of Florian De Schepper and Anouk Sanczuk has a sense of joyous...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2020

Review of Ođđa áigodat

Ođđa áigodat

Solju

Top of the World

Bafe''s Factory/Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

Solju is the name of a new project from the Finnish Sámi joiker Ulla Pirttijärvi and her daughter, Hilda Länsman....

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Caribbean Roots

Caribbean Roots

Anthony Joseph

Top of the World

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

Poet and spoken-word performer Anthony Joseph was born and raised in Trinidad, but has long lived in London, where he...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016

Review of Listen

Listen

Nitish Kulkarni

Nitish Kulkarni Music

Rating: ★

American-born of Indian heritage, Nitish Kulkarni took a Masters degree in music production at the Berklee Campus in Valencia, Spain....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018

Review of A Gathering of Strangers 2021

A Gathering of Strangers 2021

Transglobal Underground & Our European Friends

Mule Satellite

Rating: ★★★

A Gathering of Strangers first saw light in 2010 when it was released by a pan-EU collective headed by dubtronic...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2021

Review of Dawgnilo!

Dawgnilo!

Danilo Brito & David Grisman

Acoustic Disc

Rating: ★★★

Dawgnilo! brings together two mandolin maestros, Brazilian Brito and American Grisman. The latter emerged from the Greenwich Village scene as...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2024

Review of Flock II

Flock II

Flock

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

There’s a right-to-fail clause inherent in all experimental music. Pushing at boundaries needs to involve mistakes, doubt in the creative...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: January/2025

Review of Bákini: En el Nuevo Mundo

Bákini: En el Nuevo Mundo

Michael Spiro & Joe Galvin

IUMusic

Rating: ★★★

Bákini is not just the name of this album, it is a project led by musicians and educators Michael Spiro...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2018

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