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Review of Troubadour

Troubadour

Dorothy Carter

Drag City

Rating: ★★★★

Singer, Mediæval Bæbes founder and master hummer dulcimer and psaltery player, Dorothy Carter is getting a posthumous reappraisal of late....

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of Jesus Ñ Voltará

Jesus Ñ Voltará

Mateus Fazeno Rock

Deck

Rating: ★★★★★

Originally released in 2023, this is a new deluxe version to take advantage of the attention it has garnered since...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of Milton + esperanza

Milton + esperanza

Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding

Concord Records

Rating: ★★★★

Bassist spalding first heard Nascimento at a dinner party when a friend put on Native Dancer, and that otherworldly falsetto...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of Tengo un Mustang

Tengo un Mustang

Jean Paul ‘El Troglodita’

Munster

Rating: ★★

Enrique Roberto Tellería was a wild non-conformist in 1960s Peru which sought to sanitise foreign youth music. His rare debut...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of Orquesta Olivieri

Orquesta Olivieri

Orquesta Olivieri

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★

The second (final) outing of Herbie Olivieri's Nuyorican outfit from 1972. Rooted in New York's salsa sound, there are vibrant...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of J’ai Mal à Mon Folklore

J’ai Mal à Mon Folklore

De Temps Antan

Top of the World

La Compagnie Du Nord

Rating: ★★★★

Celebrating their 20th anniversary, the Québécois trio De Temps Antan are back with a new raft of songs and tunes...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of Pa’ Tu Cuerpa

Pa’ Tu Cuerpa

Cimafunk

Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★

Cimafunk's previous albums, Terapia (Therapy, 2017) and El Alimento (The Nourishment, 2021), present his music as something elemental and Pa’...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of Direct-to-Dub

Direct-to-Dub

Scientist

Night Dreamer

Rating: ★★★★★

Scientist is one of the iconic producers of Jamaican dub music. In his late teens, he found himself deep in...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of Ela Partíu

Ela Partíu

Laíz & The New Love Experience

Agogo Records

Rating: ★★★

Laíz is a 24-year-old Brazilian rapper who settled in Berlin at 18. Ela Partíu features 20 musicians from countries including...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of Sa.Li.Va

Sa.Li.Va

Ayom

Ayom/Believe

Rating: ★★★★

After resettling to Barcelona in 2011, Brazilian singer and percussionist Jabu Morales joined Italian accordionist Alberto Becucci in a band...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

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