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Review of Djilly Kawral

Djilly Kawral

Inna Baba Coulibaly

Top of the World

Remote Records/Studio Mali

Rating: ★★★★★

A highly-respected singer from the Fulani community of Mali, but little known outside of her own country and its diaspora,...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2023

Review of Em Cantos de Òrìsà

Em Cantos de Òrìsà

Irma Ferreira

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★★

A post-graduate in Afro-Brazilian history and culture from the Federal University of Bahia, Irma Ferreira is not only an academic...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2023

Review of Celebrants

Celebrants

Nickel Creek

Top of the World

Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★★

‘My God it's good to see you,’ intones Chris Thile on the opening track of Celebrants, the first all-new album...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2023

Review of Folkocracy

Folkocracy

Rufus Wainwright

BMG

Rating: ★★★★

Son of folk-singers Loudon Wainwright and the late Kate McGarrigle, young Rufus can claim descent from ‘folkocracy’, although since his...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2023

Review of The World and All That It Holds

The World and All That It Holds

Damir Imamović

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★

There are some critics out there – and I am not one – who maintain that Damir Imamović is heir...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2023

Review of Call of the Whipbird

Call of the Whipbird

SUBSET

Dubmission Records

Rating: ★★★

SUBSET (aka Karl Muller) is a New Zealand-born musician/producer/photographer, who has been based in Australia for 20 years. Working out...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2023

Review of Pan

Pan

Grupo Pan

Munster Records / Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★★

Fans of Venezuelan rock (and there should be more) will be eager to snap up this long out-of-print jewel, originally...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: November/2023

Review of Néktar

Néktar

Ava Rocha

YB Music

Rating: ★★★★

Ava Rocha may be the daughter of legendary New wave filmmaker Glauber Rocha, but she offers her own idiosyncratic take...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2023

Review of Les Voix du Vent Avec Cordes et Piano

Les Voix du Vent Avec Cordes et Piano

Le Vent du Nord, Le Quatuor Trad, Philippe Prud’homme

La Compagnie Du Nord

Rating: ★★★

The title tells what’s different here for Le Vent du Nord, multi-winners of Canadian Folk Music Awards since their formation...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: November/2023

Review of Soul & Science

Soul & Science

Nickodemus

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Nickodemus is a New York DJ whose global success has come through mixing house, hip-hop and disco with different sounds...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2023

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