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Review of Kagaza

Kagaza

DJ Dadaman & Moscow Dollar

Nyege Nyege Tapes

Rating: ★★★

During the early 2000s, a bunch of artists and producers in Pretoria including DJ Mujava and DJ Spoko developed an...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025

Review of Our Boys Are Doing It

Our Boys Are Doing It

Dennis Mpale (feat Kippie Moketsi)

As Shams / We Are Busy Bodies

Rating: ★★★★★

First issued locally in 1977, Our Boys Are Doing It was trumpeter Dennis Mpale’s first solo album, although by then...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025

Review of Independance

Independance

Mário Lúcio

Top of the World

Maremusica

Rating: ★★★★

Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) is one of the world’s youngest nations, coming into being in 1975 upon gaining independence from...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2025

Review of Tremendo Caché

Tremendo Caché

Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco

Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Re-released and remastered on vinyl for its 50th anniversary, Tremendo Caché marked the second of a string of collaborations between...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2025

Review of Live at Another Sky Festival

Live at Another Sky Festival

AMMAR 808

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded live at London’s Café Oto during their Another Sky Festival in September 2023, this is a hypnotic and exhilarating...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2025

Review of Hyldon JID023

Hyldon JID023

Hyldon & Adrian Younge

Jazz is Dead

Rating: ★★★

Younge’s output is so prolific that it must be difficult to maintain the quality, especially when he plays virtually all...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: June/2025

Review of Wheels of Ömon

Wheels of Ömon

Kuunatic

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

Japanese experimental outfit Kuunatic attempt to fuse the anarchic ethic of punk with the epic storytelling of progressive rock. The...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2025

Review of Froggy’s Demise

Froggy’s Demise

EZRA

Adhyâropa Records

Rating: ★★★★

EZRA is what you get when a group of ridiculously talented musicians combine all of the different “grasses” – bluegrass,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2025

Review of SEAUXLEAUX

SEAUXLEAUX

Louis Michot

Nouveau Electric

Rating: ★★★★

What more can you say about an artist who has all-out mastered his instrument (the fiddle) and taken home two...

Reviewed by Andrew Daly in issue: July/2025

Review of RAIO

RAIO

Tagua Tagua

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Brazilian producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Felipe Puperi delivers sonic gold on his third album as Tagua Tagua. Released via Brooklyn’s...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2025

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