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Review of Intizar

Intizar

Mohammad Motamedi & Rembrandt Trio

Just Listen Records

Rating: ★★★★★

When I visited the national Fajr Music Festival in Tehran for the first time, I walked into a performance by...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: April/2024

Review of Yellow Fever/Na Poi

Yellow Fever/Na Poi

Fela Kuti

Rating: ★★★★★

It’s now 16 years since Fela Kuti died and his legendary status continues to grow. The problem with legends, though,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013

Review of Royal

Royal

Boom Pam

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★

13 years after first releasing their last full-length, Boom Pam are back. The title track opens things up with acoustic...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Tradition

Tradition

Soothsayers

Wah Wah 45s

Rating: ★★★

When it comes to dub, South London's Soothsayers are renowned for their take on the form. The collective's live show...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2018

Review of Starlings

Starlings

Dekel

Dekel Music

Rating: ★★★★

Singer-songwriter Dekel’s latest release is a self-proclaimed cultural smorgasbord, rich in Eastern European sounds and old Jewish melodies. Reflecting Dekel’s...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: January/2025

Review of Reele Bumbou

Reele Bumbou

Kaito Winse

Rebel Up! / Zephyrus

Rating: ★★★

This latest release from Burkinabé musician Kaito Winse is a short collection of traditional stories sung and performed on various...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2025

Review of Dedications

Dedications

Sullow

Mossy Tapes

Rating: ★★★★

A distributary of the folk futurist group Shovel Dance Collective, Sullows are an improvising outfit consisting of Jacken Elswyth, Daniel...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: October/2025

Review of The Springtime Fool

The Springtime Fool

Bard

Top of the World

Woodburner Records

Rating: ★★★★

Their catchy folk-pop choruses and carefree vagabond spirit recall The Levellers at their best. But there is much more to...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Kiteky

Kiteky

Electric Vocuhila

Another Record/Capsul Records

Rating: ★★★★

This latest album from the French four-piece Electric Vocuhila, comes hot on the heels of a residency spent in Madagascar...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: December/2022

Review of Storied Sounds

Storied Sounds

Tuulikki Bartosik

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Accordionist and composer Tuulikki Bartosik made quite an impression with her previous album, Chatterbox, with Hannah James. Her latest project,...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016

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