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Review of Music in the Realm of Fireflies: Improvisations for Peace and Healing

Music in the Realm of Fireflies: Improvisations for Peace and Healing

Rhymoi Music

Rating: ★★★

This is meditative music, created by a group of Japanese and Japan-based musicians playing Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Mongolian...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue:

Review of El Saxofón Humano

El Saxofón Humano

Negro Aquilino

Fresh Sound Records

Rating: ★★★★

Fear not, listeners. Contrary to the impression created by his nickname, Aquilino Calzado González is not the even more irritating...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of The Hum

The Hum

O'Hooley & Tidow

Top of the World

No Masters

Rating: ★★★★

A neighbour of Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow brought them news that the sale of a house close by had...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Mirante

Mirante

Nick Storring

We Are Busy Bodies

Rating: ★★★★

Inspired by his visits to Brazil, Canadian composer and instrumentalist Storring applies contemporary composition techniques to convey the impressions which...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2025

Review of H

H

Grégory Dargent

Bisonbison

Rating: ★★★

Oud player Grégory Dargent is best known for his collaborations with Algerian singer Houria Aïchi and French pianist-singer Babx. He...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2019

Review of Queen City Jubilee

Queen City Jubilee

The Slocan Ramblers

SloMusic

Rating: ★★★★

Seriously solid traditional bluegrass music, freshly interpreted and rendered with passion and precision for 21st-century ears; that's the formula used...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2018

Review of Oro

Oro

Choc Quib Town

Top of the World

World Connection LC10236

Rating: ★★★★

Grammy-nominated darlings Choc Quib Town are the real deal: a trio who preserve the heritage of such traditional Afro-Colombian rhythms...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010

Review of Your Comfort Zone

Your Comfort Zone

Peyoti For President

Sordid Soup Records

Rating: ★★★

Cumbia grooves, salsa horn riffs and calls to rebellion coalesce on this bombastic record. Opener ‘You are the Revolution’ could...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2025

Review of Shapes of the Fall

Shapes of the Fall

Piers Faccini

Top of the World

Nø Førmat!/Beating Drum

Rating: ★★★★

Close to two decades ago painter, poet and musical polymath, Piers Faccini, released his solo debut on Label Bleu. Since...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021

Review of Rhythms of Azerbaijani Dances

Rhythms of Azerbaijani Dances

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

This is the latest in Felmay’s series of Azerbaijani music that focuses on folk and dance repertoire, and it features...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

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