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Review of 4 Parakeets

4 Parakeets

Jihad Darwish

Jihad Darwish

Rating: ★★★

While this second studio album from the multi-instrumentalist composer Jihad Darwish could easily have found its way into Jazzwise, there...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Ulaan

Ulaan

Enji

Top of the World

Squama Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

On her third album Munich-based Mongolian vocalist Enji strikes a beguiling balance between modern jazz and the folk traditions of...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Glimmer

Glimmer

Nils Økland & Sigbjørn Apeland

ECM Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Hardanger fiddle player and violinist Nils Økland and harmonium player Sigbjørn Apeland have been making music together for 30 years,...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Jbal Rras

Jbal Rras

Deena Abdelwahed

InFiné

Rating: ★★★★★

This Tunisian DJ and producer has long been hailed as one of the most exciting names in experimental dance music....

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of This Moment

This Moment

Shakti

Abstract Logix

Rating: ★★★★

It's 50 years since guitarist extraordinaire John McLaughlin and tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain formed Shakti as a landmark in the...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Distancia

Distancia

Solidaridad Tango

Solidaridad Tango

Rating: ★★★★

Distancia is the debut album from Solidaridad Tango, North America's only all-female tango orchestra. Founded by Canadian resident Aparna Halpé...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Un Nuevo Amanecer

Un Nuevo Amanecer

Pedro Ricardo & Damián Botigué

Canela en Surco

Rating: ★★★

A debut collaboration from Spain that fuses tradition with modern ‘broken beat’ Latin music. Pedro Ricardo, originally from Portugal, and...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Like a River

Like a River

Muito Kaballa

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★★

Muito Kaballa are a nine-piece collective based in Cologne, Germany, that formed in 2019; now, just a few years on,...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Soul & Science

Soul & Science

Nickodemus

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Nickodemus is a New York DJ whose global success has come through mixing house, hip-hop and disco with different sounds...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of A Trip to Bolgatanga

A Trip to Bolgatanga

African Head Charge

Top of the World

On-U Sound

Rating: ★★★★

‘A bad attitude is like a flat tire / You can't go anywhere until you change it,’ declares King Ayisoba...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

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