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Review of Little Hammam

Little Hammam

Temenik Electric

Nomad Café

Rating: ★★★★

When Songlines reviewed Ouesh Hada?, the 2013 debut album from Temenik Electric, we suggested it would be thrilling to hear...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of The Long Count

The Long Count

Debit

Top of the World

Modern Love

Rating: ★★★★

On Animus, her 2018 debut album, Mexican-American producer-musician Delia Beatriz aka Debit explored metallic soundscapes, frantic club grooves, pulsing sequences...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of Vox.Infold

Vox.Infold

Ruby Singh

Killbeat Music

Rating: ★★★★

Ruby Singh is a Canadian musician, composer, filmmaker and sound designer fascinated with mythos, memory, identity and fantasy. He works...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of José Louis and the Paradox of Love

José Louis and the Paradox of Love

Pierre Kwenders

Arts and Crafts

Rating: ★★★★

Pierre Kwenders’ name resonates in many circles. The Kinshasa native, who has been living in Montréal since his mid-teens, has...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of Electricity

Electricity

Ibibio Sound Machine

Merge Records

Rating: ★★★★

Four albums in, and Ibibio Sound Machine are showing no signs of slowing down. Bursting with purpose, Electricity offers hope...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of A Saami Requiem

A Saami Requiem

Gunnar Idenstam and Ola Stinnerbom

Toccata Next

Rating: ★★★★

This is the most extraordinary coming together of different musical worlds and cultures created by visionary musicians: the Swedish organist...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of Djawla

Djawla

Anouar Kaddour Cherif

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

Anouar Kaddour Cherif is a new face on the scene, at least around European parts. Three years ago, at the...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Review of Dark Carnival

Dark Carnival

Kate Green

Kate Green

Rating: ★★★★

Kate Green is gifted with a fine voice; she uses it with feeling and precision, which makes her a terrific...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Review of Ħadãeq

Ħadãeq

Mólo Sâyat

Zephyrus Records

Rating: ★★★

Formed in Belgium in 2010 Mólo Sâyat began life as a jam band, playing versions of the Mediterranean songs that...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Review of Osmosi

Osmosi

Osmosi Trio

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

Osmosi is a collage by three virtuoso Italian jazz-rock instrumentalists (Fabio Marconi, Alberto Pederneschi and Ivo Barbieri), blending styles from...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

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