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Review of Delirio

Delirio

Lo Ke Ba

Yeti Boy Records

Rating: ★★★★

Lo Ke Ba are a Brighton, UK-based band of musicians whose long-time love of the sounds of Cuba has resulted...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2022

Review of Wolves of Africa (Part 1/2)

Wolves of Africa (Part 1/2)

James BKS

Grown Kid/Polydor France

Rating: ★★★

This debut album from established hip-hop producer and performer James BKS is the culmination of a musical journey starting in...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: October/2022

Review of Homenaje a El Carmen

Homenaje a El Carmen

Los Hermanos Ballumbrosio

Buh Records

Rating: ★★★

Los Hermanos Ballumbrosio are a family music group from El Carmen in Chincha, a cotton-producing province around 200km south of...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2022

Review of Our Garden Is Alone

Our Garden Is Alone

Marjan Vahdat

Top of the World

Kirkelig Kulturverksted

Rating: ★★★★

Opener ‘Leyli’s Garden’, heralded by a breathy flourish on the ney, is a personal and heartfelt homage to Vahdat’s late...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2022

Review of Wind Rose

Wind Rose

Jocelyn Pettit

Jocelyn Pettit

Rating: ★★★★

For her third album, western Canadian fiddle player, singer and step-dancing specialist Jocelyn Pettit conjures up a dozen traditional, contemporary...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2022

Review of Ottoman Splendours

Ottoman Splendours

Lamia Yared | Lamia Yared & Invités

Analekta

Rating: ★★★★

On her second album Lebanese-born singer Lamia Yared develops her research into the culture of Sephardis; Jewish populations who were...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2022

Review of SUBHA

SUBHA

Roopa Panesar

Top of the World

Asian Arts Agency

Rating: ★★★★

Sitar player Roopa Panesar is certainly one of the most important musicians to have emerged in the British Asian diaspora...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2022

Review of The Real Revolution

The Real Revolution

Playing for Change Band

Playing for Change

Rating: ★★★

It’s 20 years since the American filmmakers Mark Johnson and Whitney Kroenke founded Playing for Change, hitting the streets with...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2022

Review of Eli Winter

Eli Winter

Eli Winter

Top of the World

Three Lobed Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Known as an extraordinarily adept self-taught guitarist with a distinctive style bearing the imprint of contemporary American flatpickers, particularly his...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2022

Review of Mis Ancestros

Mis Ancestros

Perkutao

Buh Records

Rating: ★★★

Perkutao are an Afro-Peruvian percussion ensemble founded in 2005 and directed by Percy Chinchilla, musician, percussionist, zapateador and teacher. Mis...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2022

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