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Review of Evolutsiya! 40 Best and Rarest 1991-2016

Evolutsiya! 40 Best and Rarest 1991-2016

The Ukrainians

Eastblok Music

Rating: ★★★

This double album marks the 25th anniversary of the intriguing phenomenon known as The Ukrainians. The band formed almost by...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Review of Black Peak

Black Peak

Xylouris White

Top of the World

Bella Union

Rating: ★★★★★

The duo that is Xylouris White – Cretan lute player (and Greek music royalty) George Xylouris and Melbourne-born drummer (and...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Review of Amerli: Refugees for Refugees

Amerli: Refugees for Refugees

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Muziekpublique

Rating: ★★★

Muziekpublique is a non-profit organisation based in Brussels that seeks to bring together musicians from different cultures now resident in...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Review of Al Nge Taa

Al Nge Taa

Jan Galega Brönnimann, Moussa Cissokho & Omri Hason

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

The Swiss woodwind player Jan Galega Brönnimann plays some of the lowest clarinet you’re ever likely to experience – on...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Review of InConcept

InConcept

Notify

Ropeadope Records

Rating: ★★★★

Cross-genre fusion, particularly between jazz and traditional styles, is a very tricky thing to pull off without sounding contrived, derivative...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Review of Aussegrasn

Aussegrasn

Fei Scho

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★

A slow start doesn’t necessarily indicate a dull ride. But in the case of Fei Scho's latest offering, this theory...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Review of Maputo Queens

Maputo Queens

Etienne de la Sayette

Paris DJs

Rating: ★★

This is the debut solo album from composer, arranger and producer Etienne de la Sayette. The Parisian is primarily known...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Review of Road Soda

Road Soda

Cheyenne Brown & Tory Dugan

Bird Creek Records

Rating: ★★

This collaboration between two Alaskan-born artists – fiddle player Tory Dugan and Scottish harpist Cheyenne Brown – straddles multiple styles....

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Review of Digging the Underground Vol 1: The Nation Years

Digging the Underground Vol 1: The Nation Years

Transglobal Underground

Nation Records

Rating: ★★★★

Right now, it's with rainbow-tinted nostalgia that we remember the good old bad days of the early 1990s, a time...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Review of Sky Blue Love

Sky Blue Love

AMJ meets RSD

Astar Artes

Rating: ★★

Anyone interested in 70 minutes of rather clinical, polite dub reggae? OK, that's a little unfair, but there's something about...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

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