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Review of Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau

Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau

Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

For those more au fait with the jazz world, Brad Mehldau is something of a household name. His celebrated Art...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: April/2017

Review of Parvat

Parvat

Harpreet Bansal

LAWO Classics

Rating: ★★★

Symphony-like in structure with three movements, Parvat is an articulation of Norwegian violinist Harpreet Bansal’s musical identity as an exponent...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2022

Review of Waternixie

Waternixie

Dalinda

Big Vocal Poet Records

Rating: ★

Dalinda is a UK-based, Libyan-born, Bosnian singer-songwriter whose music bears traces of many influences. Such a rich cultural background could...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2013

Review of ¡Caramba!

¡Caramba!

Bigre!

Grolektif Productions

Rating: ★★★

For their sixth album, this French band took on quite a project. After two visits to Cuba, leader and trumpeter...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2017

Review of Live in San Francisco

Live in San Francisco

Ry Cooder & Famosos Corridos

Top of the World

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, which looks as impressive as its name, is one of the closest things to...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Lovely Difficult

Lovely Difficult

Mayra Andrade

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★

Is it world music? Is it pop? It’s hard to be sure. Sung in French, English, Creole and Portuguese, recorded...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2014

Review of Madremonte

Madremonte

Jaguar

El Palmas Music

Rating: ★★★

Madremonte is the debut album from the Europe-based Colombian duo, Jaguar. The title of the album makes reference to an...

Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: December/2021

Review of Bread and Jam

Bread and Jam

LaLlamas

La-Llamas

Rating: ★★★

If your taste leans toward finely cra.ed, casually philosophical, quirkily upbeat acoustic roots music with a dash of global funk,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2020

Review of Dialogues IV

Dialogues IV

Joakim Berghäll

Boulder Music Helsinki

Rating: ★★★★

The story of this record is so compelling that it comes as a relief that the content is equal to...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2020

Review of Mugham Souls

Mugham Souls

Gochag Askarov & Pierre de Trégomain

Felmay Records

Rating: ★★★★

Gochag Askarov is a top singer of mugham, the sophisticated vocal tradition of Azerbaijan. Although recorded in concert in Baku's...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2017

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