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Review of Brødløs

Brødløs

Geir Sundstøl

Hubro

Rating: ★★

Brødløs is the third solo album by the Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Geir Sundstøl. His main instrument is the pedal steel guitar...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Review of Cubafrobeat

Cubafrobeat

Lokkhi Terra meets Dele Sosimi

Top of the World

Funkiwala Records

Rating: ★★★★

Lokkhi Terra are one of London's most authentic groups. They are a Latin-flavoured collective whose keyboard player and bandleader Kishon...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Review of Kohesia

Kohesia

Kate Pass

Kate Pass

Rating: ★★★

Kohesia provides an unlikely connection between Perth and Persia. Inspired by ex-pat Iranian musicians such as vocalist Tara Tiba, Australian...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Review of Starfall

Starfall

Slow Moving Clouds

Slow Moving Clouds

Rating: ★★★★

Dublin-based string trio Slow Moving Clouds hit the mark with their 2015 debut, Os, a melding of delicate, warm melodies,...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Review of La Tradition Américaine

La Tradition Américaine

The Blue Dahlia

Innsbruck Records

Rating: ★★★★

La Tradition Américaine is the second album by The Blue Dahlia, a pan-Atlantic project led by Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter and ukulele...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Review of Motel Llamado Mentira

Motel Llamado Mentira

Vinila Von Bismark

Cachucha Records

Rating: ★★★

With a background in burlesque and theatre, the Spanish singer known as Vinila von Bismark uses music as a very...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Review of Cohesion

Cohesion

Anchorsong

Tru Thoughts

Rating: ★★★

The third full-length offering from London-based producer Masaaki Yoshida sees him turn his hand to material inspired by Bollywood soundtracks...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Review of Mounaiki

Mounaiki

My Baby

Prehistoric Rhythm

Rating: ★★★

Carol van Dyck's slippery vocals drive this psychedelic mesh of Delta blues, funk, 1990s dance and world influences; her voice...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Review of Namaz

Namaz

Baul Meets Saz

Top of the World

Seyir Muzik Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Some musical fusions languish in the superficial, achieving little more than a novel combination of disparate sounds, while others operate...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Review of Shimmering Lights: Hanukkah Songs

Shimmering Lights: Hanukkah Songs

Yale Strom's Broken Consort

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

Shimmering Lights: is one of those albums that really takes you by surprise. Seeing Hanukkah Songs in the title, as...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

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