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Review of Escape Plan

Escape Plan

Thornato

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Since first hearing Thornato’s edits of dancehall and Afro-Colombian folk music in the early 2010s, it’s remarkable how his MO...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2020

Review of Metromonk

Metromonk

Manu Delago

Tru Thoughts

Rating: ★★★

The Austrian-born percussionist and composer Manu Delago has become the foremost proponent of the instrument known as the hang, having...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017

Review of Diaspora in Buenos Aires

Diaspora in Buenos Aires

The Linetzky Family

Winter & Winter

Rating: ★★★

This is an intimate document of a Jewish family in Argentina remembering their roots in Eastern Europe. Pianist Andrés Linetzky...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2012

Review of 1001

1001

Full Attack Band

Top of the World

Full Attack Band

Rating: ★★★★

The pace is frenetic from the off, but there's something more in the mix than just the usual racing rhythm...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: May/2016

Review of Anclao en Paris

Anclao en Paris

Cuarteto Cedrón

Le Chant du Monde

Rating: ★★★

Juan ‘Tata’ Cedrón has been making folk and tango music with one quartet or another since 1964 and has released...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2013

Review of A Toda Cuba le Gusta

A Toda Cuba le Gusta

Afro-Cuban All Stars

World Circuit VINYL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★★

This welcome, remastered reissue of a classic World Circuit album should help to adjust an imbalance created by the phenomenon...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2018

Review of Tinn Tout

Tinn Tout

Danyèl Waro

Top of the World

Cobalt/Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★★

Danyèl Waro has spent the past 45 years becoming the international ambassador of maloya, the revolutionary roots music of the...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020

Review of World Affairs

World Affairs

Mpho Majiga

Africantunz Records & Promotions

Rating: ★★

Mpho Majiga is a South African gospel singer with a disco vibe. This is his fifth album and World Affairs,...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2018

Review of Prize Fighter

Prize Fighter

Odia

Jamhut Records

Rating: ★★

Odia are an international trio who recorded this, their debut album, without actually meeting in person. Founder member Stuart Spence...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: August/September/2022

Review of The Victorians

The Victorians

Harp & a Monkey

Harp & a Monkey

Rating: ★★★★

The fourth studio album from the Manchester trio has been three years in the making. It is produced by Darren...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

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