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Review of Irakere

Irakere

Grupo Irakere

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

Grupo Irakere, as the Cuban all-star outfit was known back in 1976 when this second in Mr Bongo’s Cuban Classics...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2024

Review of Rincon de las Penas

Rincon de las Penas

Gustavo Pazos Conde

saphrane

Rating: ★★★

The Río de la Plata has a long tradition of meditative guitar music. It’s informed by the mestizo traditions of...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2024

Review of Souvenirs

Souvenirs

Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru

Mississippi Records

Rating: ★★★★

The world lost a unique composer with the passing of Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru at the age of 99 last year....

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2024

Review of Hjirok

Hjirok

HJirok

Altin Village & Mine

Rating: ★★★★

HJirok is a collaboration between Iranian-Kurdish singer Hani Mojtahedy and producer Andi Toma from the German IDM (intelligent dance music)...

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

Review of ATÓMICA

ATÓMICA

La Dame Blanche

Nacional Records

Rating: ★★★★

The international profile of the Cuban-born singer, rapper and musician known as La Dame Blanche has been steadily increasing since...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2024

Review of Sones de Mariachi

Sones de Mariachi

Mariachi Los Comperos

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★

Mariachi music, removed from the mezcal-sipping, ant-eating cantinas of its homeland, still has the power to entertain and surprise. Its...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2024

Review of Aarambh

Aarambh

Abby V

Sufiscore

Rating: ★★★

Toronto-based singer Abby V (Abby Venkatachalam) teams up with producer-composer and three-time Grammy winner Ricky Kej for Aarambh, which means...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: April/2024

Review of The Pendulum Swing

The Pendulum Swing

Katherine Priddy

Cooking Vinyl

Rating: ★★★★★

Katherine Priddy’s sophomore set is an intimate, emotive, interconnected album of tableaux that encompasses the past, and past loves, and...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2024

Review of Habitat

Habitat

C’Mon Tigre

Intersuoni

Rating: ★★★

Habitat is the fourth album by C’Mon Tigre, the enigmatic world music collective that has been defying boundaries of genre...

Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: April/2024

Review of Where the River Bends is Only the Beginning

Where the River Bends is Only the Beginning

Saramaccan Sound

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

This is the 12th volume in ten years in Glitterbeat’s Hidden Musics series, all recorded by Ian Brennan in his...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2024

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