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Review of Ritual Sonoro

Ritual Sonoro

Amparo Sánchez

Mamita Records

Rating: ★★★★

How far can you fuse without creating the musical equivalent of brown plasticine? Andalusian singer-songwriter and musician Amparo Sánchez (aka...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2025

Review of Hayat

Hayat

Hadiqa Kiani

Sufiscore

Rating: ★★★

Hadiqa Kiani is a Pakistani superstar, a playback and pop singer with a phenomenal international following. Here, she returns to...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2025

Review of Snow Flower

Snow Flower

Tenzin Choegyal

Rainbow Valley Records

Rating: ★★★

A gently plucked lilting waltz played on the Tibetan dranyen lute by Tenzin Choegyal begins the title-track. Sung in a...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2025

Review of The Archive

The Archive

Paul Brady

Last Music Co

Rating: ★★★★

Bob Dylan’s 1985 box set Biograph came with an interview in which Dylan said: “Some guys got it down –...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2025

Review of Perenne Pilar

Perenne Pilar

María Cielos

Microscopi

Rating: ★★★★

Born in Barcelona, María Cielos spent ten years living abroad, seven of them in Rwanda, before she returned to the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2025

Review of Wapna’kik: The People of the Dawn

Wapna’kik: The People of the Dawn

Sons of Membertou

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★

The Mi’kmaw people have lived on the eastern coasts of Canada from New Brunswick to Newfoundland since time immemorial, fishing,...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: May/2025

Review of Ti Galé

Ti Galé

René Lacaille

Top of the World

Lamastrock / Do Bwa

Rating: ★★★★

Ti Galé is an album of exuberant solo accordion music by René Lacaille, venerable master of sega, the dance music...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2025

Review of Dámelo

Dámelo

Pambelé

La Ruche/ Rush Hour

Rating: ★★★★

Based in France and previously signed with Palenque Records of Bogotá, this septet specialises in a captivating blend of Afro-Colombian...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2025

Review of A Blade Because a Blade is Whole

A Blade Because a Blade is Whole

Alabaster DePlume

International Anthem

Rating: ★★★★

Emerging from the UK’s experimental underground, DePlume’s Spotify statistics indicate that his concoction of poetry and jazz provides a taste...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2025

Review of Archwilio’r Traddodiad: Exploring the Tradition

Archwilio’r Traddodiad: Exploring the Tradition

Aidan Thorne & Jason Ball

Cambrian Records

Rating: ★★★★

This debut from bassist Aidan Thorne and guitarist Jason Ball was recorded live at Oriel Davies Gallery in Newtown on...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2025

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