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Review of Life & Time

Life & Time

Mike Reid & Joe Henry

Work Song Inc / Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★

Two Grammy-winning songwriters – one a former NFL footballer, Mike Reid, whose heavily grained voice carries these songs, and the...

Reviewed in issue December/2025

Review of Vendrán Suaves Lluvias

Vendrán Suaves Lluvias

Silvana Estrada

Glassnote Records

Rating: ★★★★

Silvana Estrada says she studied at a jazz conservatory so she could “use my voice as an instrument”, and with...

Reviewed in issue December/2025

Review of Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

Frazey Ford

Nettwerk

Rating: ★★★★

Indian Ocean was first released in 2014, following a transformative invitation by filmmaker Robert Gordon to record at Royal Studios...

Reviewed in issue December/2025

Review of Carlos Dafé JID025

Carlos Dafé JID025

Carlos Dafé & Adrian Younge

Jazz is Dead

Rating: ★★

Composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Carlos Dafé is something of a legend for his role in the Black Brazil movement of...

Reviewed in issue December/2025

Review of Pequena Vertigem de Amor

Pequena Vertigem de Amor

Sessa

Mexican Summer

Rating: ★★★★

Sessa is a Brazilian musician from São Paulo. His latest album Pequena Vertigem de Amor adds yet another layer to...

Reviewed in issue December/2025

Review of MACHETE

MACHETE

Bejuco

Top of the World

Discos Pacífico

Rating: ★★★★

The second album from this dynamic outfit from Tumaco in Colombia’s Pacific region follows their 2021 debut, Batea, which introduced...

Reviewed in issue December/2025

Review of Como Las Canto Yo

Como Las Canto Yo

iLe

La Buena Fortuna Music

Rating: ★★★

iLe, a former member of alternative Puerto Rican hip-hop outfit Calle 13, is having a busy year. A guest appearance...

Reviewed in issue December/2025

Review of X Uhuru

X Uhuru

Michael Rose and Sly & Robbie

TABOU1

Rating: ★★

Roots reggae legends Black Uhuru produced huge hits in the late 70s and early 80s, thanks largely to the slick...

Reviewed in issue December/2025

Review of Transformation Time

Transformation Time

Bardo

Stones Throw Records

Rating: ★★★

Best-known until now as the lead vocalist for the LA band Chicano Batman, Bardo (whose full name is Bardo Martinez)...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

Review of Selva Selva

Selva Selva

Wayku

Top of the World

Buh Records

Rating: ★★★★

Guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and a researcher specialising in Amazonian music, Percy A Flores Navarro joins Michel Paredes on bass...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

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