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Review of Dotze Temps

Dotze Temps

Lluís Gómez

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★

Lluís Gómez’ story is an improbable one. A voracious Spanish musical student from a young age, he quickly learned to...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: September/2024

Review of Barefoot in Bryophyte

Barefoot in Bryophyte

Mari Kvien Brunvoll & Stein Urheim with Moskus

Hubro

Rating: ★★★★

Already a fan, I was lucky enough to see the first public outing of this project in Voss Jazz Festival...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: September/2024

Review of kannatused ehk külakiigel pole stopperit

kannatused ehk külakiigel pole stopperit

5MIINUST & Puuluup

Universal Music Oy

Rating: ★★★★

Two Estonian guys, circling their 50s, wearing black suits and performing wild live shows all around Europe with singing, rapping,...

Reviewed by Mateusz Dobrowolski in issue: September/2024

Review of Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado

Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado

Ana Lua Caiano

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

An experimental fusion of Portuguese folk, introspective soul-searching and out-there electronica, this debut album by Ana Lua Caiano is an...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: June/2024

Review of Le Futur Ça Marche Pas

Le Futur Ça Marche Pas

Cyril Cyril

Top of the World

Les Disques Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

One of the most rewarding things while listening to Cyril Cyril’s third album is not being able to anticipate what...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2024

Review of Quintela

Quintela

Carme López

Warm Winters Ltd

Rating: ★★★

Carme López plays the Galician gaita (bagpipes), but for this debut album she’s dedicated to what sounds like the deep...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2024

Review of Riegádahttin

Riegádahttin

Mirja Palo

Bjärka Records

Rating: ★★★

‘Life is here, can you feel it?’ Mirja Palo’s lyrics don’t shy away from the pain of labour and childbirth...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2024

Review of Gordan

Gordan

Gordan

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

The members of Gordan are Serbian singer Svetlana Spajić, Austrian percussionist Andi Stecher and German bassist and electronics specialist Guido...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2024

Review of Ship to Shore

Ship to Shore

Richard Thompson

Top of the World

New West Records

Rating: ★★★★

It’s been a fair few years since Thompson’s previous set, 2018’s excellent 13 Rivers. Here it’s more a case of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2024

Review of Azerbaijani Gitara, Vol 2

Azerbaijani Gitara, Vol 2

Rehman Memmdli

Bongo Joe Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Bongo Joe Records’ first foray into gitara music from Azerbaijan (the aptly-titled Azerbaijani Gitara by Rüstem Quliyev, released in 2020)...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2024

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