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Review of Koyo

Koyo

Zar Electrik

Jarring Effects

Rating: ★★★★

Zar Electrik are a trio from Marseille who deserve to become stars of the Afro-electro dance scene thanks to this...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2025

Review of Improvisations from the Doyen of Kurdish Nay

Improvisations from the Doyen of Kurdish Nay

Trio Andalibi

Link Music Lab

Rating: ★★★★

Respected as a sideman of numerous Persian artists, Kurdish ney or nay (reed flute) virtuoso Shaho Andalibi presents his first...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2025

Review of Babo Moreno

Babo Moreno

Babo Moreno

Matsuka

Rating: ★★★★

Son of renowned Brazilian percussionist Bosco de Oliveira, Fabio de Oliveira, aka Babo Moreno, grew up in London, making his...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: October/2025

Review of Vol. III: Ancestros Futuros

Vol. III: Ancestros Futuros

Cochemea

Daptone Records

Rating: ★★★

After a long tenure in the horn section of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, and working with the likes of...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2025

Review of Encyclopedia Mandolinnica

Encyclopedia Mandolinnica

Ethan Setiawan

Sassafras Hill Productions/Adhyâropa Records

Rating: ★★★★

Mandolinist Ethan Setiawan’s latest album, Encyclopedia Mandolinnica, showcases the Indiana-born, Berklee School of Music graduate’s virtuosic skills in a series...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2025

Review of Electric Chicha: The Singles Collection

Electric Chicha: The Singles Collection

Los Shapis

Discos Fantástico!

Rating: ★★★★

A potent brew of Amazonian cumbia, Andean huayno and Latin rock, chicha is a Peruvian good-time hybrid that typically, like...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2025

Review of Woody At Home – Volumes 1 & 2

Woody At Home – Volumes 1 & 2

Woody Guthrie

Shamus

Rating: ★★★★

Woody Guthrie recorded these raw and intimate home tapes in his Brooklyn apartment during 1951 and 1952 as demos for...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025

Review of NIHT

NIHT

Sowulo

Season of Mist

Rating: ★★★

The night, mourning and ancient wisdom are among the dark themes of this meditative journey of the soul, a project...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2025

Review of Mischief In The Musitorium

Mischief In The Musitorium

Funkwrench Blues

Need To Know Music

Rating: ★★★★

Frank Swart is an American maverick. A bass player and producer, he has worked and played with blues, rock and...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2025

Review of Maturity

Maturity

Nadir Ben

Joussour / InOuïe Distribution

Rating: ★★

French-Algerian singer-songwriter Nadir Ben describes his debut Maturity as a personal, poetic release in a Maghreb folk-pop style, and that’s...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2025

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