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Review of They Say Humans Exist

They Say Humans Exist

Jacob Young, David Rothenberg & Sidiki Camara

Oslo Session Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Three musicians from three continents got together in a studio in the woods outside Oslo for two days of collective...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2020

Review of A World of Masks

A World of Masks

The Heliocentrics

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Heliocentrics rose to prominence through high-profile collaborations with old masters such as Ethio-jazz king Mulatu Astatke, Afrobeat saxophonist Orlando...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2017

Review of Dori Freeman

Dori Freeman

Dori Freeman

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★

Dori Freeman is a singer-songwriter from the town of Galax, Virginia – a tiny place in the Appalachian mountains and...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2016

Review of Kaleidophonica

Kaleidophonica

Spiro

Top of the World

Real World

Rating: ★★★★★

There comes a point when every serious folk musician has to ask what their music's for. They are not the...

Reviewed by Andy Letcher in issue: March/2012

Review of Afrodiaspora

Afrodiaspora

Susana Baca

Top of the World

Luaka Bop

Rating: ★★★★★

Susana Baca's new disc has been well worth the wait. It's infused with the natural grace that has always made...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: July/2011

Review of Murder, and the Birds

Murder, and the Birds

David A Jaycock

Triassic Tusk Records

Rating: ★★★

David A Jaycock has previously collaborated with Marry Waterson and James Yorkston. This album is a dark, eccentric exploration of...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2020

Review of Bogotá

Bogotá

Klangwart

Staubgold

Rating: ★★★

For the past 20 years, Bogotá has had a lively experimental jazz scene that every now and again peers into...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2019

Review of The Devil Makes Three

The Devil Makes Three

Twelfth Day

Orange Feather Records

Rating: ★★★

Twelfth Day, comprising Catriona Price on fiddle and vocals and Esther Swift on pedal harp, clarsach harp and vocals, have...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2014

Review of International Soundclash

International Soundclash

Sofrito

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

The music collective Sofrito have once again teamed up with Strut following the success of their 2011 release Sofrito: Tropical...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2012

Review of World Peace Trio

World Peace Trio

World Peace Trio

MoonJune Records

Rating: ★★★

World Peace Trio sees Dwiki Dharmawan, Gilad Atzmon and Kamal Musallam come together to create eight tracks of pure fusion....

Reviewed by Tutku Barbaros in issue: December/2017

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