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Review of Årringar

Årringar

Britt Pernille Frøholm

Kviven Records

Rating: ★★★

Like counting the rings of a tree to find out its age, Årringar counts the years in traditional song. It’s...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2022

Review of Elif Sanchez

Elif Sanchez

Elif Sanchez

Pasion Turca

Rating: ★★★

Singer Elif Sanchez grew up in Istanbul, before moving to the US to study jazz oboe and voice at Berklee...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2022

Review of Éclat

Éclat

Labelle

InFiné

Rating: ★★★★

From his island off Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, young composer and musician, Jeremy Labelle, continues an exploration into links...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: March/2022

Review of Fazer e Cantar

Fazer e Cantar

Diana HP

Z Production

Rating: ★★★★

Diana HP’s heart lies in Minas Gerais, Brazil’s landlocked, literary heartland. Larger than France – where she resides – Minas...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2022

Review of From the Devil’s Punchbowl

From the Devil’s Punchbowl

Aaron O’Hagan & Luke Ward

Top of the World

Aaron O'Hagan & Luke Ward

Rating: ★★★★★

Fresh evidence of a new generation from north of the border adding its own distinctive stamp on Irish traditional music...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2022

Review of Byzaanchy

Byzaanchy

Choduraa Tumat

Pan Records

Rating: ★★★★

Choduraa Tumat is one of Tyva’s finest female khöömeizhi (master throat singers), being leader of the group Tyva Kyzy, but...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: March/2022

Review of Chant Amazigh

Chant Amazigh

Majid Soula

Habibi Funk

Rating: ★★★★

Even devoted followers of Algerian music may find the name Majid Soula rings no bells – thankfully, the latest (number...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2022

Review of Frigya

Frigya

Imed Alibi feat Khalil EPI

Top of the World

Shouka

Rating: ★★★★

Imed Alibi is a Tunisian percussionist with a curious mind. Not content to take the predictable path, his two previous...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2022

Review of Tempos Futuros

Tempos Futuros

Alex Malheiros

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Like long-time partner in rhythm, drummer Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti, Azymuth’s veteran bassist Alex Malheiros makes an occasional solo sortie. This...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2022

Review of Good and Green Again

Good and Green Again

Jake Xerxes Fussell

Paradise of Bachelors

Rating: ★★★

Like a roiling campfire on a cool autumn night, Columbus, Georgia-born, Durham, North Carolina-based Jake Fussell’s Good and Green Again...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2022

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