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Review of Li Pedi

Li Pedi

Nisia Trio

homerecords.be

Rating: ★★★

Nisia Trio's Li Pedi is an album for the ears as well as for the feet. Dancing their way from...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Try Paradise

Try Paradise

Try Paradise

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★

It's hard to tell who or what the wellspring of this album is, and, I might be wrong, but on...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Where You Wish You Were

Where You Wish You Were

Bill Laurance & Michael League

ACT Music

Rating: ★★★★

Michael League and Bill Laurance are leading figures of the massively popular collective Snarky Puppy, who snag everything from jazz,...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Tudo Está Bom

Tudo Está Bom

Kosmik Band

Roundtrip Records

Rating: ★★★★

Back in 2009, Playing for Change became an unexpected global success. It involved street musicians from across the world (and...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Thunder

Thunder

Stephan Micus

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

‘A Song for Thor’ that opens this album is a thunderous Thor de force. It features a four-metre long Tibetan...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Cool Funeral Beer: Day 1 – The Creation of the Final Ancestor Shrine

Cool Funeral Beer: Day 1 – The Creation of the Final Ancestor Shrine

Bengt Berger

Top of the World

Country & Eastern

Rating: ★★★★★

This is the first instalment of a remarkable three-part project of music inspired by traditional funeral ceremonies in Ghana. The...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Contrastes

Contrastes

Electrocutango

Indris Pro As/Global Sonics

Rating: ★★★★

Contrastes is the third album released by Electrocutango, led by acclaimed Norwegian tanguista pianist Sverre Indris Joner — composer of...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of El Espacio Entre

El Espacio Entre

Refree

tak:til

Rating: ★★★★

Raül Refree is an acclaimed producer and collaborator, sought after by artists as diverse as Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Ricky...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

Review of Spell 31

Spell 31

Ibeyi

XL Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Spell 31 is the third full-length from the French-Cuban sister duo, Ibeyi, and it is perhaps their most daring record...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

Review of Everything Returns

Everything Returns

Black Ox Orkestar

Constellation

Rating: ★★★★

Black Ox Orkestar are primarily concerned with Jewish Eastern European music but also the wider Jewish experience, bringing aspects of...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

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