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Review of soFa – Elsewhere CC

soFa – Elsewhere CC

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Les Disques Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

Billed as a ‘digger’s paradise for tropical gems,’ DJ soFa’s latest compilation spans 1972 to 2023, inspiring listeners to imagine...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: September/2024

Review of Full Moon

Full Moon

Moonchild Sanelly

Transgressive Records Ltd.

Rating: ★★★★

It’s hard to miss Moonchild Sanelly. The South African singer can usually be identified by her blue braids and for...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2025

Review of So Long Little Miss Sunshine

So Long Little Miss Sunshine

Molly Tuttle

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

With her latest solo album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine, Molly Tuttle further secures her reputation as one of modern...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: September/2025

Review of América Zureta

América Zureta

Ian Lasserre

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from the north-east of Brazil, singer-songwriter Ian Lasserre’s songs of protest are couched in the gentlest of voices. In...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: January/2026

Review of A Piece of Infinity

A Piece of Infinity

Meklit

Top of the World

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★

Meklit is an Ethiopian-American vocalist, songwriter, composer and activist based in San Francisco. Her latest release finds her explicitly exploring...

Reviewed by George Newton in issue: December/2025

Review of Essam

Essam

Imarhan

Top of the World

City Slang

Rating: ★★★★★

Essam starts out in familiar desert blues territory, with tight, slick guitars and chanting vocals. Then the music begins to...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Living in the Light

Living in the Light

Tommy Emmanuel

CGP Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

Tommy Emmanuel wrote ‘Scarlett’s World’, the first single from Living in the Light, the Australian guitar wizard’s latest full-length album,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Aşk

Aşk

Altın Gün

Top of the World

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Psychedelic Anatolian folk-rock band Altın Gün return to traditional sources for their latest album while still managing to produce something...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2023

Review of We Are in the War

We Are in the War

Prince Buju

Makkum Records

Rating: ★★★

Also known as Aduko Saabo, Prince Buju is the latest luminary to gain exposure through Makkum Records, the Amsterdam-based label...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: July/2015

Review of Massilia

Massilia

Massilia Sound System

Le Chant du Monde

Rating: ★★

Massilia Sound System celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2014, a phenomenal achievement for any band. In their native France they’re...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2015

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