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Review of After a Thousand Years

After a Thousand Years

Jneiro Jarel

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Two years ago, Brooklyn-born musician producer Jneiro Jarel had virtually completed this album, while he was living in Costa Rica....

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of World Inverted

World Inverted

Maarja Nuut

Õunaviks

Rating: ★★★★

Estonian fiddler, composer and singer Maarja Nuut has been a favourite in these parts since her 2016 album Une Meeles...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of Ariyo (A Sight to Rejoice)

Ariyo (A Sight to Rejoice)

Kuku

Music Without Passion is Noise

Rating: ★★★★

The sixth studio album from singer-songwriter Kuku is a 16-track affair, wide-ranging in both musical and thematic scope and tied...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of Nesrine

Nesrine

Nesrine

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

Once again, the musical alchemy of versatile singer and cellist Nesrine Belmokh enchants us. Former front woman of the NES...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of Secrets of Navigation

Secrets of Navigation

Seven Crows

Teahouse Records

Rating: ★★★

The Los Angelesbased violinist Chris Murphy has self-released a prolific raft of albums under his own name on his Teahouse...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of Songbooks_Vol_1

Songbooks_Vol_1

Ligeti Quartet

Nonclassical

Rating: ★★★★

The Ligeti Quartet perform a series of pieces by British composer Christian Mason, inspired by two very different traditions of...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Review of 3NE

3NE

Niqolah Seeva

Vlad

Rating: ★

Niqolah Seeva seeks to push established boundaries and challenge our preconceptions; his first album presents itself as the clarion call...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Review of Windrush

Windrush

Daniel Nestlerode

Clunk & Rattle

Rating: ★★★

As a Pennsylvania­born singer-songwriter and mandolinist married to a Frenchwoman and living in Cambridgeshire during the Brexit tussles, it’s perhaps...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Review of African Rhythms 1970-1982

African Rhythms 1970-1982

Oneness of Juju

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

Oneness of Juju, led by James ‘Plunky’ Branch, were one of the first US bands to incorporate elements of African...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Review of Cosmic Disco

Cosmic Disco

nemanja

yem

Rating: ★★★★

nemanja’s Cosmic Disco – from a world music perspective – isn’t what we’d expect from Croatia, specifically Istria, a historically...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

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