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Review of Salsa Classics

Salsa Classics

Classico Latino & Fruko feat Omar Puente

Jazztone Studios

Rating: ★★★★

Classico Latino is a London-based collective led by pianist Ivan Guevara and cellist Graham Walker, who co-founded the outfit back...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Borderlines & Bloodlines

Borderlines & Bloodlines

Germa Adan

Top of the World

Binding Thread Records

Rating: ★★★★★

One of the standout folk albums of 2023 in the UK, which almost flew under the radar, Birmingham-based Germa Adan’s...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Un Hombre de Buenos Aires

Un Hombre de Buenos Aires

Jorge López Ruiz

Altercat

Rating: ★★★★★

Jazz and tango had parallel evolutions, emerging in marginalised areas, gravitating to their respective centres and then going global. When...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of American Patchwork Quartet

American Patchwork Quartet

American Patchwork Quartet

Carolina Jasmine

Rating: ★★★★

The clue is in the name. This terrific quartet led by visionary roots guitarist/vocalist/arranger Clay Ross celebrate America’s Indigenous folk...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Échos des Mers du Nord

Échos des Mers du Nord

Nordri

Nordri

Rating: ★★★★★

Considering their deep and mutual love for Nordic music, it’s not hard to see why Québécois foursome Nordri’s debut, Échos...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Hon Muru (Bears Ears)

Hon Muru (Bears Ears)

Clark Tenakhongva

Öngtupqa Music

Rating: ★★★★

The landscape of the Southwestern United States is at the heart of this new recording by Hopi singer Clark Tenakhongva....

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Waillee Waillee

Waillee Waillee

Dorothy Carter

Palto Flats / Putojefe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Released in 1978, Waillee Waillee is the second full-length album from Dorothy Carter, composer, Mediæval Bæbes founder and master of...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of South Atlantic Blues

South Atlantic Blues

Scott Fagan

Earth Records

Rating: ★★★★

South Atlantic Blues was first released in 1968, at the same time as Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks. While Morrison’s album...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Eu Andava Como Se Fosse Voar

Eu Andava Como Se Fosse Voar

Aiace

Aiace

Rating: ★★★

A title that translates as ‘I Walked as if I Were Flying’ somehow suggests this north-eastern Brazilian singer’s ambition both...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Desde Espana… La Columna de Fuego

Desde Espana… La Columna de Fuego

La Columna de Fuego

Munster Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Why it’s taken so long for this gem of an album to be reissued is one of those mysteries that...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

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