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Review of Le Sato 2

Le Sato 2

TP Orchestre Poly-Rythmo

Acid Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Latest in Acid Jazz’s reissue programme from the legendary Benin record label Albarika Store, this newly revived vintage gem was...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Desde Espana… La Columna de Fuego

Desde Espana… La Columna de Fuego

La Columna de Fuego

Munster Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Why it’s taken so long for this gem of an album to be reissued is one of those mysteries that...

Reviewed by Russ Slater Johnson in issue: January/February/2024

Review of The Orchestra in the Sky

The Orchestra in the Sky

Hochzeitskapelle & Japanese Friends

Alien Transistor

Rating: ★★★★

Hochzeitskapelle are a German instrumental quintet comprised of musicians from the Munich Jazz scene, who have garnered a reputation for...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Siparia to Soweto

Siparia to Soweto

Hugh Masekela & Siparia Deltones

Top of the World

Gallo/Monk Music

Rating: ★★★★

Hugh Masekela first heard the Trinidadian steel pan orchestra the Siparia Deltones when they were opening act at the inaugural...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Black Attack

Black Attack

Mutabaruka

Top of the World

Ariwa

Rating: ★★★★

40 years since Mutabaruka’s first studio album, and 14 years since his last, this new release from the Jamaican dub...

Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: January/February/2024

Review of El Clan Antillano

El Clan Antillano

El Clan Antillano

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★

A lurid cover, featuring decor worthy of a dream sequence from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, is not the only distinguishing...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2024

Review of Los Ombligos

Los Ombligos

La Muchacha & El Propio Junte

Top of the World

Sello In-Correcto

Rating: ★★★★★

A surprising yet pleasurable departure from La Muchacha’s usual singer-guitarist soloist style, Los Ombligos is the new musical undertaking from...

Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: March/2024

Review of Udolç

Udolç

Alba Careta & Henrio

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★★

The Càntut collection is a project dedicated to collecting and disseminating music orally transmitted in the region of Girona, in...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2024

Review of Away Beyond the Fret

Away Beyond the Fret

Honey & The Bear

Honey & The Bear

Rating: ★★★

East Anglian husband and wife duo Lucy and Jon Hart have coincided their third album with the birth of their...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: March/2024

Review of El Terreno

El Terreno

Jacob Gurevitsch

Music for Dreams

Rating: ★★

Jacob Gurevitsch makes sure to stress he is not a flamenco musician – in spite of often being presented as...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2024

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