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Review of Gwandena

Gwandena

Timpana

Sounds and Colours

Rating: ★★★★

Is dilution helpful for diffusion? Are synths and dance beats the best/only way to expand the audience from grey-beards to...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Saudade, Colour of Love

Saudade, Colour of Love

Maria Mendes

Challenge Records

Rating: ★★★

Maria Mendes is a Portuguese jazz singer that has developed her career in The Netherlands for the last 15 years....

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2023

Review of The Deepest Breath

The Deepest Breath

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin

Rating: ★★★★

2020’s Solas an Lae saw Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin striking away from his Skipper’s Alley roots in the company of Ultan...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/February/2023

Review of A Tarot of the Green Wood

A Tarot of the Green Wood

Burd Ellen

Top of the World

Mavis Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

The seven songs on this third studio album from Burd Ellen, the Glasgow-based project featuring Debbie Armour and Gayle Brogan,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Intercosmic

Intercosmic

Slavo Rican Assembly

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

I sometimes recall a faintly surreal encounter outside the Bosnian city of Mostar, a few years after the war, in...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2022

Review of Capacity to Love

Capacity to Love

Ibrahim Maalouf

Mister IBE

Rating: ★★★★

What do you do when you’ve performed from atop the Eiffel Tower, sold out such prestigious venues as the Barbican...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2022

Review of Force of the Wind

Force of the Wind

SOYUZ

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★

SOYUZ, which translates as ‘Union’ is a creative collective from Belarus, and this third album is definitely true to the...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2022

Review of Altur Mur

Altur Mur

Mimika Orchestra

Rika Muzika

Rating: ★★★★

You know that bit in From Dusk till Dawn when the film goes from kidnap story to vampire flick with...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2022

Review of De Todas las Flores

De Todas las Flores

Natalia Lafourcade

Sony Music

Rating: ★★★★

Lafourcade's first album of new, original material in seven years shows an artist in command of her many talents but...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2022

Review of Itku

Itku

Okra Playground

Top of the World

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★★

Itku is the third studio album from Okra Playground, a Finnish six-piece who, since their 2015 debut, Turmio, have rightfully...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2022

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