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Nitish Kulkarni

American-born of Indian heritage, Nitish Kulkarni took a Masters degree in music production at the Berklee Campus in Valencia, Spain....

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Pontos

Oi Dipnoi

Dipnoi are living fossils: fish furnished with rudimentary lungs (which is why they're also called lung fish), allowing them to...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Tongue & Groove

The Andrew Collins Trio

This is in fact two albums released together. Tongue and Groove are one disc of songs with vocals and a...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Kulku

SANS

SANS create exotic music. Kulku – the quintet's debut studio album (following a live record as a quartet in 2014)...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Event Horizon

Géza Frank & Jean Damei

This unique album opens at a rhythmic canter, with pulsating guitar work melded with uplifting synths to create an instrumental...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Beiralúa

SonDeSeu

Galegos (Galicians) seem to delight in being utterly different from their Spanish neighbours. Why bother with all that guitar and...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Banjophony

Damien O'Kane & Ron Block

The poor old banjo has long been the butt of jokes – even banjo maestro Ron Block himself has been...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

In Transition

Loxandra

This is a very welcome return by the Thessaloniki-based group Loxandra. This recording has many of the features that made...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Orange Sunshine

Susso Seki Singh

There is a good reason why the initial physical release of Susso Seki Singh's Orange Sunshine is vinyl only. The...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

A Gypsy Journey Part II: El Refugio

El Javi

Mexico City-born El Javi humbly styles himself ‘The King of Rock Flamenco.’ The follow-up to an earlier EP called The...

Reviewed in issue October/2018