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Review of Call of the Whipbird

Call of the Whipbird

SUBSET

Dubmission Records

Rating: ★★★

SUBSET (aka Karl Muller) is a New Zealand-born musician/producer/photographer, who has been based in Australia for 20 years. Working out...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2023

Review of Celebrants

Celebrants

Nickel Creek

Top of the World

Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★★

‘My God it's good to see you,’ intones Chris Thile on the opening track of Celebrants, the first all-new album...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2023

Review of Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground

Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground

Jantra

Ostinato Records

Rating: ★★★★

Jaglara is the sound of one man and one keyboard, emanating from the rural al-Fashaga region near the tripoint of...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2023

Review of Mutations

Mutations

Faizal Mostrixx

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ever since 2017's Tribal Match found its way onto Kampala's dancefloors, Faizal Mostrixx has been a driving force on Uganda's...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2023

Review of Ol Sing Blong Plantesen (Plantation Songs)

Ol Sing Blong Plantesen (Plantation Songs)

Ol Sing Blong Plantesen

Top of the World

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

This unique collection of songs chronicles a sad 40-year period of Pacific history, from 1860 to the turn of the...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2023

Review of Balkan Express

Balkan Express

Bjonko

No Bounds Music

Rating: ★★★

Following the recent fusion-oriented album Enigma, Danish reedsman Bjonko Stosic and band return with a more traditional take on the...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2023

Review of King of the Blind

King of the Blind

Joey Abarta

Joey Abarta

Rating: ★★★

Originally from California, now based in Boston, the young uilleann piper Joey Abarta names his second album after a tune...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2023

Review of Cup of Sugar

Cup of Sugar

Tim O’Brien

Howdy Skies Records

Rating: ★★★

A native West Virginian, 69-year-old Tim O’Brien represents the best of the contemporary Nashville scene. His instrumental acumen, especially on...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2023

Review of Digital Indigenous 04: MP4MP3

Digital Indigenous 04: MP4MP3

DJ Kapwanthi

1000HZ

Rating: ★★★★

In 2020, Polish label 1000Hz launched Digital Indigenous, a series showcasing producers who use rudimentary digital tools to create unique...

Reviewed by François Renoncourt in issue: July/2023

Review of Cleveland Blues

Cleveland Blues

Fred Davis

Colemine/Remined Records

Rating: ★★★

Fred ‘Dave’ Davis was a musician in Kansas City, Missouri, but by the late 1960s, hard luck and prison had...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2023

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