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Review of Barokan

Barokan

Djely Tapa

Label 440

Rating: ★★★

Singer Djely Tapa is the daughter of the great Malian diva Kandia Kouyaté, aka La Grande Vedette Malienne, arguably one...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: January/2021

Review of Oberlin 1968

Oberlin 1968

The Young Tradition

Fledg’ling Records

Rating: ★★★★

It’s the 1960s. They wear swinging, Carnaby Street clobber. Their performances are famously forthright and intense, yet funny and entertaining....

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

Review of Drawn to the Light

Drawn to the Light

Alaw | ALAW

Taith Records

Rating: ★★★

Fiddle player Oli Wilson-Dickson and guitarist Dylan Fowler have a lengthy history of working together, sharing projects including The Devil’s...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2022

Review of Studio One Rocksteady 2

Studio One Rocksteady 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soul Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★★

Soul Jazz’s second excursion into the vaults of Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One productions searches for the blissful sounds of the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2017

Review of Bumayé

Bumayé

LASS

Chapter Two/Wagram Music

Rating: ★★★★

Lassana Sané was inspired to sing by seeing the Senegalese hip-hop trio Daara J on television. He went to see...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Mravka

Mravka

David Dower Trio

David Dower Trio

Rating: ★★★★

Citing influences such as Ben Folds Five and The Bad Plus, Australians the David Dower Trio blend elements of jazz,...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2023

Review of Frigya

Frigya

Imed Alibi feat Khalil EPI

Top of the World

Shouka

Rating: ★★★★

Imed Alibi is a Tunisian percussionist with a curious mind. Not content to take the predictable path, his two previous...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2022

Review of Das Nuvens

Das Nuvens

Fabiano Do Nascimento | Fabiano do Nascimento

Leaving Records

Rating: ★★

Fabiano do Nascimento was born and raised in Rio and São Paulo. For the last decade or so he's been...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023

Review of XIV – A Integração

XIV – A Integração

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Shika Shika

Rating: ★★★★

XIV – A Integração is a wonderfully untidy, uneven pile of ideas, mysticism and sacred touchstones, electro-acoustics and real sound,...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023

Review of tds bem Global

tds bem Global

dadá Joãozinho

Innovative Leisure

Rating: ★★★★

Joãozinho was previously a member of the idealistic and anti-imperialist ROSABEGE, and now, seemingly out of nowhere, produces this fully-formed,...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: December/2023

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