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Review of Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles

Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles

Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★

There ought to be nothing surprising about an all-female mariachi band, but this particular branch of Mexican music has such...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2018

Review of A Cure for the Curious

A Cure for the Curious

Solasta

Solasta

Rating: ★★★★

This super-confident debut set from the masterful trio is unorthodox and fantastic. From the sharply abrupt end to opener ‘The...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: December/2018

Review of Dubcatcher 3: Flames Up!

Dubcatcher 3: Flames Up!

DJ Vadim

Soulbeats Records

Rating: ★★★

The Russian-born, London-based DJ Vadim returns with another high-octane reggae volume under the pseudonym Dubcatcher. As with previous albums, the...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2018

Review of Twenty Live!

Twenty Live!

Jamie Smith's Mabon

Easy on the Records

Rating: ★★★★

As the title suggests, this album is a celebration of, and love-in for, the Welsh five-piece Mabon and the fans...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2018

Review of Ragas on Saxophone

Ragas on Saxophone

Phil Scarff

Galloping Goat

Rating: ★★★★

If this album contained anything other than ragas on saxophone any listener's disappointment would be understandable. Fortunately Phil Scarff delivers...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2018

Review of Up She Flew

Up She Flew

Steph Geremia

Black Box Music

Rating: ★★★★

In the near-decade since her solo debut, 2009's The Open Road, New York-born, Galway-based flautist Steph Geremia has immersed herself...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2018

Review of Cubafrobeat

Cubafrobeat

Lokkhi Terra meets Dele Sosimi

Top of the World

Funkiwala Records

Rating: ★★★★

Lokkhi Terra are one of London's most authentic groups. They are a Latin-flavoured collective whose keyboard player and bandleader Kishon...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2018

Review of Daa Dee

Daa Dee

Minyeshu

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Ethiopian singer Minyeshu Kifle Tedla amalgamates Western instrumentation into a mix of modern and traditional Ethiopian musical styles. Based in...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2018

Review of Daqa'iq Tudaiq

Daqa'iq Tudaiq

Jerusalem in My Heart

Constellation Records

Rating: ★★★★

Away from his work with various North American alt-rock bands such as Suuns and BIG|BRAVE, the Canadian-based composer/producer Radwan Ghazi...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018

Review of Muraqaba

Muraqaba

Fanna-fi-Allah

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Fanna-fi-Allah, meaning ‘To Annihilate the Self,’ is the name of a Canadian-American group specialising in qawwali, the devotional music of...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: December/2018

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