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Review of Nha Vida

Nha Vida

Ceuzany

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★

If you can get past the cover, which resembles a Stock, Aitken & Waterman 12” from the late 80s, this...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Work Hard

Work Hard

King Ayisoba

Top of the World

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded in 2020 and 2021 in Ghana and The Netherlands, Work Hard arguably presents Ghana's kologo maestro King Ayisoba (born...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2023

Review of Take Care, Take Cover

Take Care, Take Cover

The Mae Trio

The Mae Trio

Rating: ★★★★

Building on the promise of their fine 2014 debut album, Housewarming, and 2015's EP September, Melbourne's Mae Triocontinue to impress...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2017

Review of Little Universe

Little Universe

A Moving Sound

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Only one year after their acclaimed 2020 release Songs Beyond Words, Taiwan-based group A Moving Sound return with another eclectic...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: December/2021

Review of Truth be Told

Truth be Told

Shama Rahman

The Gung Ho Down

Rating: ★★★★

Shama Rahman's jazz flirts with trip-hop and acoustic music to such an extent that her French verses in the title-track...

Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: December/2016

Review of Draft

Draft

Hairetis Harper

Same Difference Music

Rating: ★★★★

Despite growing up in the small town of Anogia on the island of Crete, also home to such famous Greek...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: May/2021

Review of Salhi

Salhi

Imed Alibi, Mounir Troudi & Michel Marre

Imedalibi.com

Rating: ★★★★

Imed Alibi is a France-based Tunisian percussionist who likes to take risks. His 2015 debut, Safar, saw him playing alongside...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2018

Review of At Kriol Junction

At Kriol Junction

Rafiki Jazz

Konimusic

Rating: ★★★★

It’s been five years since this multi¬cultural collective’s compelling and original debut album More Big Musik from Over There! But...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: June/2014

Review of Futuro Do Pretérito

Futuro Do Pretérito

Garotas Suecas

VampiSoul Vinyl & DiGITAL only

Rating: ★★★

On first listening, it's hard to get a handle on the São Paulo quartet's third album; their take on retro...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2019

Review of Portraits

Portraits

Niamh Dunne

Copperplate

Rating: ★★★

Niamh Dunne is the singer and fiddle player with the highly successful band Beoga and Portraits is her first solo...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

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