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Review of Horizonte

Horizonte

Bandé-Gamboa

Heavenly Sweetness

Rating: ★★★★

This is an unusual and adventurous project in which two bands have been formed in order to re-imagine a mixture...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2020

Review of Afrik TounMé

Afrik TounMé

Sidi Touré

Top of the World

Thrill Jockey

Rating: ★★★★

These are difficult days in Mali, with political upheaval adding to the problems brought by COVID-19, but great music is...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2020

Review of Touki

Touki

Modou Touré

ARC Music

Rating: ★★

Senegalese singer Modou Touré has big shoes to fill as the son of Ousmane Touré, lead singer of the legendary...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2020

Review of Mysteries Unfold

Mysteries Unfold

Sophie Tassignon

RareNoise Records

Rating: ★★★

Take a deep breath before playing Tassignon’s solo debut Mysteries Unfold, the waters run deep ahead. After several decades working...

Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: November/2020

Review of Kabwlú

Kabwlú

Los Picapiedra

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★

Legendary Medellin record label Discos Fuentes is not known for its novelty releases, but Kabwlú, a hard-to-find 1965 album, is...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2020

Review of Pakistan is for the Peaceful

Pakistan is for the Peaceful

Ustad Saami

Top of the World

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This is an incredible performance by Pakistani master vocalist Ustad Saami, one that demands that you listen and re-listen to...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2020

Review of Wrackline

Wrackline

Fay Hield

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Fay Hield has a fine pedigree as a solo artist, with her previous album, 2016’s Old Adam, taking a deep...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2020

Review of Landskein

Landskein

Lauren MacColl

Top of the World

Make Believe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Lauren MacColl is one of Scotland’s finest fiddlers. Her latest album’s title, Landskein, loosely means ‘Thread’ and it is in...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2020

Review of In Mumbai

In Mumbai

Fraser Fifield

Fraser Fifield

Rating: ★★★★

Equally at home in both the trad and jazz worlds, saxophonist, piper and whistler Fraser Fifield is one of those...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2020

Review of Receiver

Receiver

The Rheingans Sisters

Top of the World

bendigedig

Rating: ★★★★

Receiver begins with a fiddle drone, as if this has been going on already and you have happened upon it....

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2020

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