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Review of Yapunto

Yapunto

Yapunto

Yapunto

Rating: ★★★★

Alexandra Charry, from the Colombian city of Cali, fronts a ten-piece collective in her adoptive France, dedicated since 2015 to...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Ce Monde Ici-Bas

Ce Monde Ici-Bas

De Temps Antan

Top of the World

L-A be Records

Rating: ★★★★

They have been described as a ‘Québécois power trio,’ and the group’s power, apparent in their former stint with La...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2014

Review of Bilingua

Bilingua

Eithne Ní Uallacháin

Gael Linn

Rating: ★★★★

Sung in Irish and English, Eithne Ní Uallacháin's posthumous solo debut is a thing of rich and rare beauty. Drawn...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Moldavia: Peasant Tunes from the Old Land of Hârlău

Moldavia: Peasant Tunes from the Old Land of Hârlău

Neculai Florea, Nicolae Amarandei, Valentin Bălăşanu

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Hârlău is a town in the Romanian region of Moldavia, about 70km from Iaşi. And this record is a deliberate...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2023

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 El Clan Antillano

El Clan Antillano

El Clan Antillano

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★

A lurid cover, featuring decor worthy of a dream sequence from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, is not the only distinguishing...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2024

Review of Udolç

Udolç

Alba Careta & Henrio

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★★

The Càntut collection is a project dedicated to collecting and disseminating music orally transmitted in the region of Girona, in...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2024

Review of Noir Anima

Noir Anima

Labelle

InFiné

Rating: ★★★

Labelle is Jérémy Labelle, from La Réunion. On this third solo album he’s set out to formulate the fledgling genre...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2023

Review of Jolifanto

Jolifanto

ZA! + Perrate

Top of the World

Lovemonk

Rating: ★★★★

For all its depth of tradition, flamenco has always been moved by innovation. In 1979 Camarón de le Isla’s La...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: June/2024

Review of Inspirar

Inspirar

Danças Ocultas | Danças Ocultas & Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★

‘Inspirar’ means ‘to inspire’ in Portuguese – no surprise there, right? And the word takes the same double meaning as...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2025

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