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Review of Erbil

Erbil

Omar Souleyman

Mad Decent

Rating: ★★★

The Syrian singer Omar Souleyman’s fifth studio album, Erbil, is filled with the celebration of life through music. Souleyman performs...

Reviewed by Thérèse Wassily Saba in issue: August/2024

Review of SIHR

SIHR

Frédéric D Oberland, Grégory Dargent, Tony Elieh & Wassim Halal

Sub Rosa

Rating: ★★★

This album by four musicians from the eastern end of the Mediterranean is a real gallimaufry, in the best sense...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: August/2024

Review of Kokoro

Kokoro

Sababa 5 & Yurika

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★

Tel Aviv-based quartet Sababa 5’s third full-length album in as many years is, in fact, a compilation of the A...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2024

Review of Sonido Cósmico

Sonido Cósmico

Hermanos Gutiérrez

Easy Eye Sound

Rating: ★★★

Hermanos Gutiérrez have been winning hearts around the world with their transcendent guitar sound recalling desert skies and lonely highways....

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: July/2024

Review of As Palavras, Vol 1 and 2

As Palavras, Vol 1 and 2

Rubel

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

The city of Rio de Janeiro oozes out of the rhythms and words of this double album by Latin Grammy-nominated...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: July/2024

Review of Sulla Rotta dei Venti

Sulla Rotta dei Venti

North East Ska Jazz Orchestra

Top of the World

Brixton Records

Rating: ★★★★

North East Ska Jazz Orchestra are back with a powerhouse album to celebrate their tenth anniversary. Taking listeners on a...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: July/2024

Review of Cosas Raras

Cosas Raras

Rolando Bruno y El Grupo Arevalo

Peace and Rhythm / Electric Cowbell / DJ Cajon Records

Rating: ★★★★

‘I, who was born with Videla / I, who was born without power, I, who fought for freedom but could...

Reviewed by Juan José Relmucao in issue: September/2024

Review of Tchopo

Tchopo

Kate Griffin & Matchume Zango

Kate Griffin & Matchume Zango

Rating: ★★★★

Kate Griffin, UK banjo player, and Matchume Zango, a multi-instrumentalist from Mozambique, met online in 2020 during a Making Tracks...

Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: September/2024

Review of Rembobine

Rembobine

Mélisande

Les Disques Passeport

Rating: ★★★★

For the past 10 years, the Québécois band Mélisande [éléctrotrad] has been creating dance-floor electro versions of traditional French-Canadian songs...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: July/2024

Review of Grace Will Lead Me Home

Grace Will Lead Me Home

Angeline Morrison, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne & Jon Bickley

Invisible Folk

Rating: ★★★

Last year was the 250th anniversary of the writing of ‘Amazing Grace’ while next year is the 300th anniversary of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2024

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