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Review of Dom Salvador JID024

Dom Salvador JID024

Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammed

Jazz is Dead

Rating: ★★★

After collaborating with Brazilian notables like Marcos Valle, João Donato and Azymuth, the workaholic studio partners, Younge & Muhammed, have...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: September/2025

Review of When Will They Ever Learn? – A Story Of US Folk Music 1963–1969

When Will They Ever Learn? – A Story Of US Folk Music 1963–1969

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Cherry Red

Rating: ★★★★★

Cinema has in recent years given the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s a legendary – perhaps even mythical...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2025

Review of Yörüklük

Yörüklük

Elena Baklava

CPL-Music

Rating: ★★★

Elena Hristova has performed with the Macedonian group Baklava since 2006, but now for her solo career she calls herself,...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: September/2025

Review of Mirra

Mirra

Benedicte Maurseth

Top of the World

Hubro

Rating: ★★★★★

Benedicte Maurseth's love of, and inspiration in, the environment of the wind-swept alpine Hardangervidda plateau in Norway – where she...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: September/2025

Review of El Viejo Caminante

El Viejo Caminante

Dino Saluzzi, Jacob Young, José María Saluzzi

ECM Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Argentinian father-and-son team of Dino and José María Saluzzi, who play bandoneon and classical guitar respectively, are joined here...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025

Review of A Selection of Music from Libyan Tapes

A Selection of Music from Libyan Tapes

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Habibi Funk

Rating: ★★★★★

A spacey buzz is slowly cranked up in volume as Cheb Bakr's ‘Allom’ opens this collection of Libyan cassette tracks....

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: September/2025

Review of Buya Buya: Come Back

Buya Buya: Come Back

Mahotella Queens

Umsakazo Records

Rating: ★★★★

One of the glories of apartheid-era township jive, the Mahotella Queens celebrate their 60th anniversary with their first album of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025

Review of Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950–1965

Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950–1965

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Matsuli Music

Rating: ★★★★★

This is a truly extraordinary album, a captivating chronicle of the glorious, rousing and defiant music that was created during...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2025

Review of Lindo E’

Lindo E’

Semblanzas del Río Guapi

Discos Pacifico

Rating: ★★★

Announced as “a trip to the past, present and future of marimba music”, Semblanzas del Río Guapi’s second album is...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2025

Review of This Material Moment

This Material Moment

Me Lost Me

Upset the Rhythm

Rating: ★★★★

Me Lost Me’s Jayne Dent has a voice that cuts through dreams. Up close and without affectation, it is the...

Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: October/2025

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