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Review of Chain of Light

Chain of Light

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

By any measure this is a huge event, 27 years after his death we have the release of four newly...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2024

Review of MARÉ

MARÉ

MARÉ

Sons Vadios

Rating: ★★★

Fishermen and their special connection to the sea have always had a pull on literature and music. Maybe it's because...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2024

Review of Radio Chévere

Radio Chévere

Rio 18

Légère Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Anglo-Latin fusion has enjoyed considerable success over the years, with standout albums including David Byrne’s Rei Momo, Paul Simon’s The...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: November/2024

Review of Early Home Recordings

Early Home Recordings

Sandy Denny

Earth Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded at home to her finger-picking accompaniment in Wimbledon in 1966 and 1967 – Denny's performing debut was at Kingston's...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2024

Review of Sa.Li.Va

Sa.Li.Va

Ayom

Ayom/Believe

Rating: ★★★★

After resettling to Barcelona in 2011, Brazilian singer and percussionist Jabu Morales joined Italian accordionist Alberto Becucci in a band...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2024

Review of Nieves de Enero

Nieves de Enero

Chalino Sánchez

Craft Recordings Latino

Rating: ★★★

Dubbed ‘Godfather of the Corrido’, Chalino Sánchez was shot dead in 1992, aged only 31, after a concert in which...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: November/2024

Review of Wirlmarni

Wirlmarni

Kankawa Nagarra

Mississippi Records/Flippin Yeah Records

Rating: ★★★

Indigenous Walmatjarri elder Kankawa Nagarra (Olive Knight) hails from the remote Aboriginal community of Wangkatjunka, in Australia’s northwestern Kimberley region....

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2024

Review of Cuckoo

Cuckoo

Lemon Bucket Orkestra

Lemon Bucket Orkestra

Rating: ★★★

Toronto-based Lemon Bucket Orchestra are Canada's version of Gogol Bordello and, like Eugene Hütz, it seems a good many of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2024

Review of Cañonazo

Cañonazo

Johnny Pacheco

Craft Recordings Latino

Rating: ★★★

Pacheco was a co-founder of the legendary Fania Records, and this was the label's first release, as rather than work...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024

Review of Gran’s House

Gran’s House

Indian Man

Real World X

Rating: ★★★★

Bristol-based DJ and producer Jay Singh, AKA Indian Man, joins a wave of artists of South Asian descent putting their...

Reviewed by Izzy Felton in issue: November/2024

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