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Review of To Know Where It's Going

To Know Where It's Going

Athos

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★★★

The London-based brothers Anthony and Demetri Kastellani have put together a series of ambient/electronic tracks with an improv feel (some...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2023

Review of Veseli Romi

Veseli Romi

Ansambl Mileta Petrovíca

Radio Martiko

Rating: ★★★★★

Mile Petrović is now something of an elder statesman, still helming the Veseli Romi, most recently as a somewhat jazzy...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2023

Review of One Day

One Day

Jenna Reid & Harris Playfair

Lofoten Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's titled One Day because it took just that for the remarkable fiddle player Jenna Reid to record this exquisite...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2023

Review of Landscape Traces: New Music For Khaen, Vol Two

Landscape Traces: New Music For Khaen, Vol Two

Christopher Adler

Liber Pulveris Recordings

Rating: ★★★

The khaen is a bamboo free-reed mouth organ played by ethnic Laotians in Laos and Northeast Thailand. Performed solo, or...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: June/2023

Review of Mestizo

Mestizo

Mestizo

Mais Um

Rating: ★★★★

Steam Down's multi-instrumentalist composer, producer and founder Wayne Francis aka Ahnansé, together with Mambo Negro Records founder Daniel Michel have...

Reviewed by Francesca Rechere in issue: June/2023

Review of Davorio

Davorio

Samuele Strufaldi

Musica Macondo

Rating: ★★★★

In 2019 the Italian composer and jazz musician Samuele Strufaldi was invited by djembé player Boris Pierrou to visit his...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2023

Review of La Retreta Mayor

La Retreta Mayor

La Retreta Mayor

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★

Originally released in 1976 on Discomoda, this Venezuelan ten-piece founded by guitarist Alex Rodríguez transports you straight back to a...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023

Review of I am a Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100

I am a Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Buddemusic

Rating: ★★★★

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth, I Am A Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100 is a diverse and fascinating...

Reviewed by Devon Leger in issue: August/September/2023

Review of LL25

LL25

The London Lasses

LoLa Records / Cló Iar-Chonnacht

Rating: ★★★

There are 16 musicians supporting The London Lasses in celebrating their 25 years together on LL25, a generous 14-track album...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Songs from Severn Grove

Songs from Severn Grove

Ivan Moult

Bubblewrap Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's a dreamy, laid-back soundscape that Cardiff-based singer-songwriter Ivan Moult serves up on Songs from Severn Grove, his third studio...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: August/September/2023

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