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Review of Das Nuvens

Das Nuvens

Fabiano Do Nascimento | Fabiano do Nascimento

Leaving Records

Rating: ★★

Fabiano do Nascimento was born and raised in Rio and São Paulo. For the last decade or so he's been...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Balkan Express

Balkan Express

Bjonko

No Bounds Music

Rating: ★★★

Following the recent fusion-oriented album Enigma, Danish reedsman Bjonko Stosic and band return with a more traditional take on the...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2023

Review of Baiana

Baiana

Baiana

Absolute Label Services

Rating: ★★

Liverpudlian Laura Doyle certainly fooled this particular Anglophone. Hearing the opening ‘Samba Mortal’, upbeat carnival music sung convincingly in Portuguese,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2023

Review of Dimanche à Bamako

Dimanche à Bamako

Bounaly

Sahel Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

If that title sounds familiar, it probably is: this album shares its name with Amadou & Mariam’s 2005 masterwork –...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/February/2024

Review of El Terreno

El Terreno

Jacob Gurevitsch

Music for Dreams

Rating: ★★

Jacob Gurevitsch makes sure to stress he is not a flamenco musician – in spite of often being presented as...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2024

Review of Sing Yonder 1

Sing Yonder 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Sing Yonder

Rating: ★★★

In 2021 graphic designer Karl Sinfield began putting simple arrangements of traditional songs online, with basic chords and audio guidance...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2023

Review of Collage

Collage

Erlend Apneseth Trio with Maja S K Ratkje

Hubro

Rating: ★★★★

The list of musical genres that Norwegian band Erlend Apneseth Trio tap into for their new album, Collage, could be...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: December/2023

Review of Indumiso YabeNguni

Indumiso YabeNguni

Mthuthu

Top of the World

Next

Rating: ★★★★★

Ntuthuko Ndebele – aka Mthuthu – began setting his lyrics to house music in collaboration with various South African DJs...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2025

Review of Shadows of Perception

Shadows of Perception

Aracan

Electric Cowbell Records

Rating: ★★★★

Currently based in Australia, Aracan originally hail from Colombia. Guitarist and producer Carlos Arango previously played with a 15-piece cumbia...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2025

Review of Canhoto de Pé

Canhoto de Pé

Thiago França

YB Music

Rating: ★★★★

Since his first recordings in 2009 Thiago França has covered a remarkable variety of genres, from the Afro-jazz-punk of MetaL...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: December/2024

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