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Review of Club Tounsi

Club Tounsi

AMMAR 808

Glitterbeat

Rating: ★★★★

It’s only been a few weeks since the release of his last album, the excellent Live at Another Sky Festival,...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2025

Review of Àse

Àse

BOM

Paper Recordings

Rating: ★★★

From British electronic dance music specialists, Den Davis and Tom Lonsborough, here’s a cheerfully varied and upbeat African-influenced set named...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2025

Review of Nubes Selva

Nubes Selva

Grecia Albán

Folkalist Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ecuadorian singer Grecia Albán’s first UK release Nubes Selva, which loosely translates as ‘Cloud Jungle’, reinvents traditional Ecuadorian, and South...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: August/2025

Review of Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture from the Colombian Caribbean

Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture from the Colombian Caribbean

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Strut

Rating: ★★★★★

“Sundays in Cartagena,” says cultural theorist, curator and DJ Edna Martinez, “have their rituals.” For decades, she has been going...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: August/2025

Review of La Belleza

La Belleza

Lido Pimienta

Anti- Records

Rating: ★★★

This ambitious record from singer Pimienta, originally from the Colombian Caribbean and now living in Canada, stems from her desire...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: August/2025

Review of Neu Om

Neu Om

Amanda Mur

La Castanya

Rating: ★★★★

Amanda Mur’s debut album spins like a richly gothic journey through the netherworld. Ranging from ambience to avant garde, the...

Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: August/2025

Review of Bura

Bura

Raphael Rogiński & Ružičnjak Tajni

Top of the World

Instant Classic

Rating: ★★★★

Raphael Rogiński’s latest is a collaboration with Ružičnjak Tajni, his new group of Serbian musicians, including Tijana Golubović (violin) and...

Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: August/2025

Review of Lamomali Totem

Lamomali Totem

Lamomali

Wagram Music

Rating: ★★★

Back in 2017, the French rocker -M-(otherwise known as Matthieu Chedid) joined forces with Toumani Diabaté and other African stars...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: August/2025

Review of Songs for the Mist Forest

Songs for the Mist Forest

Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman

Blackford Hill

Rating: ★★★

The music created by childhood friends Morgan Szymanski and Tommy Perman serves as a reflection of their natural surroundings. While...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: August/2025

Review of Diary of a Fiddler #2: The Empty Nest

Diary of a Fiddler #2: The Empty Nest

Darol Anger

Adhyâropa Records

Rating: ★★★★

Darol Anger may not have invented the bluegrass fiddle ‘chop’ (he learned it from originator Richard Green, who created it...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: September/2025

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