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Review of Gran’s House

Gran’s House

Indian Man

Real World X

Rating: ★★★★

Bristol-based DJ and producer Jay Singh, AKA Indian Man, joins a wave of artists of South Asian descent putting their...

Reviewed by Izzy Felton in issue: November/2024

Review of FA-5

FA-5

FA-5

Mr Bongoo

Rating: ★★★

The latest Cuban Classic is a strange affair: the disco-funk outfit manage to sound oddly reminiscent of 80s UK jazz-funk...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024

Review of Woodland

Woodland

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Top of the World

Acony Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Precision, persistence and grace in the face of adversity, grief and destruction are at the heart of this impeccably intricate...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2024

Review of Wake the Dead

Wake the Dead

Chuck Prophet & ¿Qiensave?

Yep Roc Records

Rating: ★★★

San-Franciscan Chuck Prophet teams up with cumbia urbana group ¿Qiensave? from California with roots in Michoacán, Mexico, on Wake the...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2024

Review of Parlour Ballads

Parlour Ballads

Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

Parlour ballads, as a genre, get poor press as low-grade, middle-class Victoriana, but here’s Jon Boden at the piano (and...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2024

Review of Inner Spirits

Inner Spirits

Jan Lundgren & Yamandu Costa

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

Swedish pianist Jan Lundgren and Brazilian guitarist Yamandu Costa’s collaborative debut is a thing of beauty. Cast as an Ecuadorian...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/2024

Review of New Moon

New Moon

Arun Ramamurthy Trio

Greenleaf Music

Rating: ★★★

This is a very smooth bit of music-making from Carnatic violinist Arun Ramamurthy, accompanied by Damon Banks on bass and...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2024

Review of Zoom Zemmatt

Zoom Zemmatt

Mangane

Laborie Jazz

Rating: ★★★

Senegalese singer and guitarist Mangane is somewhat of a late bloomer. At age 60, Zoom Zemmatt is his first release...

Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: January/2025

Review of Vèjula

Vèjula

Merope

STROOM

Rating: ★★★★

A few years ago, I reviewed Merope’s album Naktės and it remains one of my favourites in something like 12...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: January/2025

Review of Wani

Wani

Peni Candra Rini

New Amsterdam Records

Rating: ★★★★

Wani showcases an explosive collision between traditional Indonesian forms and Western instrumentation. It’s a daring and highly experimental project glued...

Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: January/2025

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