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Review of Creole Orchestra

Creole Orchestra

Etienne Charles

Culture Shock

Rating: ★★★★

Big band music in the 21st century can often feel quite dated, so it's refreshing to hear an album such...

Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: November/2024

Review of Cañonazo

Cañonazo

Johnny Pacheco

Craft Recordings Latino

Rating: ★★★

Pacheco was a co-founder of the legendary Fania Records, and this was the label's first release, as rather than work...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024

Review of Traditional Singing from Dublin

Traditional Singing from Dublin

Macdara Yeates

Top of the World

Macdara Yeates

Rating: ★★★★★

Macdara Yeates has played no small part in platforming a new generation of Irish folk singers via his stewardship of...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2024

Review of Woo La Ba

Woo La Ba

Tilibo

Tilibo

Rating: ★★★

Here’s a pleasantly classy duo in which kora player Ibou Cissokho is teamed up with the Norwegian acoustic guitarist Ole...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2024

Review of Searching

Searching

Staples Jr Singers

Luaka Bop

Rating: ★★★★

The press release which calls the second album by the Staples Jr Singers ‘long awaited’ is something of an understatement....

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2024

Review of Sean Khan Presents…The Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble

Sean Khan Presents…The Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble

The Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble

Acid Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is an intriguing set in which classic songs from the folk-rock era of the late 60s and early 70s...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: August/2024

Review of I Can Feel My Dreams

I Can Feel My Dreams

Damian Dalla Torre

Squama Records

Rating: ★★★★

Leipzig-based saxophonist, composer and producer Damian Dalla Torre has been on the improvisation/experimental music scene for some time, working with...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: August/2024

Review of Synthesizing the Silk Roads

Synthesizing the Silk Roads

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ostinato Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The title and subheading (Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock and Crimean Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central Asia) say...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: November/2024

Review of Namaste Bombay – A Musical Tribute to Hindi Cinema

Namaste Bombay – A Musical Tribute to Hindi Cinema

VARIOUS ARTISTS

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Award-winning composer, producer and performer Kuljit Bhamra pays tribute to the music of his childhood, that is, Indian film music...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: August/2024

Review of Simple Pleasures

Simple Pleasures

Alison Brown

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★★

Pioneering banjo player, composer, and a key leading lady of bluegrass, Alison Brown wears many...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue:

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