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Review of Diamond Days

Diamond Days

Brooks Williams

Red Guitar Blue Music

Rating: ★★★

Diamond Days may be his first solo album in four years but Brooks Williams is no slouch. Since 2020’s Work...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2024

Review of (In search of) New Flemish Masters

(In search of) New Flemish Masters

Osama Abdulrasol

Enkido Records

Rating: ★★★

Abdulrasol is a brave and intriguing musician. A multi-instrumentalist born in Iraq and now based in Belgium, he plays an...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2024

Review of Ni A Nhw

Ni A Nhw

Carwyn Ellis

Top of the World

Bubblewrap Collective

Rating: ★★★★

The unassuming genius that is Carwyn Ellis offers a selection of his wonderful songs and tunes on his album Ni...

Reviewed by Elliw Iwan in issue: April/2024

Review of King Perry

King Perry

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Upsetters | Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

False Idols

Rating: ★★★★

When visionary dub producer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry died in 2021, it came as a surprise. At 85, Perry’s energy seemed...

Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: April/2024

Review of Haz

Haz

La Yegros

X-Ray Production

Rating: ★★★★★

Buenos Aires native Mariana Yegros absorbed from her parents a love of traditional cumbia and chamamé, a folk music distinctive...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: April/2024

Review of Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This seminal 1965 debut from the godfather of the 60s English folk revival is reissued on vinyl as part of...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2024

Review of Suave Bruta

Suave Bruta

Ëda Diaz

Airfono/Earthly Measures

Rating: ★★★

There has recently been a wave of new approaches in Britain and continental Europe to mainland Latin American music, often...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2024

Review of Interior

Interior

Rosa Anschütz

Klangbad

Rating: ★★★★

Who said musicians had to stick to one art form? Not the fabulous Rosa Anschütz, a Berlin-based creative – or...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2024

Review of The Room

The Room

Fabiano Do Nascimento & Sam Gendel

Real World

Rating: ★★★★

Back in 1964 American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto released Getz/Gilberto, one of the bestselling jazz albums...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2024

Review of Merengue Típico: Nueva Generación!

Merengue Típico: Nueva Generación!

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bongo Joe Records

Rating: ★★★

These ten vintage 45 rpm rompers, most around three to four minutes long, are from the late 60s and early...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2024

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