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Review of Anda

Anda

Melingo

World Village

Rating: ★★★

Talent is sometimes about spotting an opening. After serving as saxophonist for Argentinian 70s legend Charly García and 80s new...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2016

Review of Pieds Nus

Pieds Nus

Soadan

Tinker Label/Foudrage/Socadisc

Rating: ★★★★

Grégory Audrain, Jean-Marie Lemasson and Armel Goupil are the three multi-instrumentalists that make up French fusion group Soadan. After spending...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: July/2022

Review of Dub to Mali: Douba (Season 3)

Dub to Mali: Douba (Season 3)

Manjul

Baco Records

Rating: ★★★★

The French-born, Rastafari multiinstrumentalist Julien Souletie hit upon a winning formula when he launched his Dub to Mali series in...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2019

Review of Bahía

Bahía

Ana Carla Maza

Persona Editorial

Rating: ★★★★★

Ana Carla Maza is a virtuoso Cuban composer, cellist and singer. Her latest album, Bahía, takes you on a spellbinding...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2022

Review of Sonho Real

Sonho Real

Flavia Coelho

World Village

Rating: ★★

It's ten years since Flavia Coelho moved from her native Brazil to Paris, where she created a reggae-tinged mixture she...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Yesun

Yesun

Roberto Fonseca

Top of the World

Wagram Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Roberto Fonseca moves into iconic status with a trio album that cements his legacy as one of the finest pianists...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Tamburo Infinito

Tamburo Infinito

Gabriele Poso

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★

An album named Tamburo Infinito is fairly self-explanatory in its intentions. The seventh record from Italian multi-instrumentalist Gabriele Poso, it...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2021

Review of Flash of the Spirit

Flash of the Spirit

Jon Hassell & Farafina

tak:til

Rating: ★★★★★

Jon Hassell is a contemporary classical minimalist musician who forged a deep engagement with music from India and West Africa....

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2020

Review of Tudo Está Bom

Tudo Está Bom

Kosmik Band

Roundtrip Records

Rating: ★★★★

Back in 2009, Playing for Change became an unexpected global success. It involved street musicians from across the world (and...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2023

Review of Revolutionary Birds

Revolutionary Birds

Wassim Halal, Erwan Keravec, Mounir Troudi

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

Revolutionary Birds is a striking new collaboration between Tunisian jazz and Sufi singer Mounir Troudi, Breton bagpiper Erwan Keravec, and...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

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