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Review of Endeavour

Endeavour

Symbio

Symbio Music

Rating: ★★★

Here are two musicians who wear their hearts on their sleeves and have a charismatic stage presence. LarsEmil Öjeberget plays...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2023

Review of Asmara

Asmara

Hermon Mehari

Kosmos

Rating: ★★★★

Jazz trumpeter Hermon Mehari is a Kansas City native based in Paris, but his third album, Asmara, is a reflection...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2023

Review of Cymande

Cymande

Cymande

Partisan Records

Rating: ★★★★

When Cymande's debut LP was released in 1972 it was largely ignored in their UK homeland. The UK's hip music...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2023

Review of Collection of Traditional Musics 31: Peasant Brass Bands From Moldavia

Collection of Traditional Musics 31: Peasant Brass Bands From Moldavia

Şarambel Brass Band from Valea Mare, Vaslui

Ethnophonie

Rating: ★★★

This is the 31st disc in the remarkable collection of recordings of traditional Romanian music started by the late Speranța...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023

Review of Meu Único Medo É Primavera

Meu Único Medo É Primavera

Ian Lasserre

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★★

After a brief opener in which the Paulistano musician intones the album's title four times to the sole accompaniment of...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2023

Review of Cordé Serré

Cordé Serré

Écorce

Écorce

Rating: ★★★

Celtic communities have helped to shape Québec's heritage and, whether of Breton, Cornish, Scottish, Welsh, Irish or Mannian origin, most...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2023

Review of Howay the Lasses

Howay the Lasses

Howay the Lasses

Howay the Lasses

Rating: ★★★★

This striking 11-track collection from Howay the Lasses – a quartet featuring Annie Ball (vocals, accordion, piano), Bronwen Davies-Jones (vocals),...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2023

Review of Mravka

Mravka

David Dower Trio

David Dower Trio

Rating: ★★★★

Citing influences such as Ben Folds Five and The Bad Plus, Australians the David Dower Trio blend elements of jazz,...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2023

Review of The Hard Working Men

The Hard Working Men

Ispíní na hÉireann

Ispíní na hÉireann

Rating: ★★★

Irish trad duo Ispíní na hÉireann have always taken a unique tack when it comes to self-promotion. The Dublin-based pair,...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: March/2023

Review of Satyam

Satyam

Vineet Vyas

Canada Council for the Arts

Rating: ★★★★

Toronto-based tabla player Vineet Vyas has an impressive pedigree, studying with Kishan Maharaj and playing with, among others, Amjad Ali...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2023

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