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Review of A Sound Heart

A Sound Heart

Jaubi

Riaz Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Whatever/Whoever is the translation of Jaubi (pronounced jaw-bee) and ‘whatever sounds good’ is the band’s guiding principle. The Pakistani jazz...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2024

Review of Jesus Ñ Voltará

Jesus Ñ Voltará

Mateus Fazeno Rock

Deck

Rating: ★★★★★

Originally released in 2023, this is a new deluxe version to take advantage of the attention it has garnered since...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024

Review of Abu Kenda

Abu Kenda

Akram Abdulfattah

Levantine and Empire

Rating: ★★★★

Palestinian-American violinist Akram Abdulfattah returns with a first release since his 2022 EP From Here. Abu Kenda (Kenda's Father) is...

Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: November/2024

Review of Traditional Singing from Dublin

Traditional Singing from Dublin

Macdara Yeates

Top of the World

Macdara Yeates

Rating: ★★★★★

Macdara Yeates has played no small part in platforming a new generation of Irish folk singers via his stewardship of...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2024

Review of Milton + esperanza

Milton + esperanza

Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding

Concord Records

Rating: ★★★★

Bassist spalding first heard Nascimento at a dinner party when a friend put on Native Dancer, and that otherworldly falsetto...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024

Review of Trumpets of Michel-Ange

Trumpets of Michel-Ange

Ibrahim Maalouf

Top of the World

Mister Ibé

Rating: ★★★★

Long based in France, trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf was born in Lebanon and this is a tribute to his roots and...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2024

Review of Tengo un Mustang

Tengo un Mustang

Jean Paul ‘El Troglodita’

Munster

Rating: ★★

Enrique Roberto Tellería was a wild non-conformist in 1960s Peru which sought to sanitise foreign youth music. His rare debut...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2024

Review of Piltan

Piltan

Esfand

30M Records

Rating: ★★

It’s becoming too much of a cliché: an electronic dance beat, repetitious and supposedly ecstatic – occasionally labelled as mystical...

Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: November/2024

Review of Orquesta Olivieri

Orquesta Olivieri

Orquesta Olivieri

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★

The second (final) outing of Herbie Olivieri's Nuyorican outfit from 1972. Rooted in New York's salsa sound, there are vibrant...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2024

Review of Start Close In

Start Close In

The Rheingans Sisters

Rheingans Sisters Records

Rating: ★★★★

You would expect from The Rheingans Sisters, Rowan and Anna, the assertion of female autonomy, and ‘Devils’, their take on...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2024

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