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Review of Mazes

Mazes

Harri Endersby

Ivy Crown Records

Rating: ★★★★

On her second album, Mazes, Harri Endersby subtly blurs the line between traditional and contemporary folk music, with added birdsong...

Reviewed by Charlie Long in issue: April/2020

Review of The Lucky Ones

The Lucky Ones

The Lucky Ones

The Lucky Ones

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from the Yukon Territory in the far north of Canada, The Lucky Ones took their name from Alistair MacLeod's...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2021

Review of A Toda Cuba le Gusta

A Toda Cuba le Gusta

Afro-Cuban All Stars

World Circuit VINYL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★★

This welcome, remastered reissue of a classic World Circuit album should help to adjust an imbalance created by the phenomenon...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2018

Review of Artifacts

Artifacts

Black Flower

Sdban Ultra

Rating: ★★★★

“Miles Davis, Fela Kuti and Mulatu Astatke walk into a bar…” No, it's not a joke but one way of...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: April/2017

Review of August

August

Trio Dhoore

Trad Records

Rating: ★★★★

Since the release of their first album, Modus Operandi, in 2013, Trio Dhoore, made up of brothers Koen (hurdy-gurdy), Hartwin...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2019

Review of The Music of Ancient Rome

The Music of Ancient Rome

Mary Ann Tedstone Glover

Integrity Publishing Ltd

Rating: ★★★

A glance at the cover and a read through the story behind this release, with its tales of research into...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2021

Review of World Affairs

World Affairs

Mpho Majiga

Africantunz Records & Promotions

Rating: ★★

Mpho Majiga is a South African gospel singer with a disco vibe. This is his fifth album and World Affairs,...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2018

Review of Leyla

Leyla

Adir Jan

Trikont

Rating: ★★★★

Adir Jan brings us into a world of queer Kurdish cosmic love songs, on an album whose energy and innovation...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: June/2019

Review of Mãe da Lua

Mãe da Lua

Kalibé

Kalibé Music

Rating: ★★

This loose collective of multicultural musicians is fronted by Brazilian poet, singer and musician India Mãe da Lua. Her resonant...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2018

Review of La Yave de mi Kaza

La Yave de mi Kaza

Kedem Ensemble

CPL Music

Rating: ★★★

The album's title means ‘The Key to my Home’ in the Ladino language of the Jews that were expelled from...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2015

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