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Review of Nādī

Nādī

Guy Buttery

Top of the World

Guy Buttery

Rating: ★★★★

Over a series of impressive solo albums, the guitarist Guy Buttery has established himself as a major force in South...

Reviewed in issue March/2020

Review of The Roaring Whirl

The Roaring Whirl

Sarah Rodgers

Métier

Rating: ★★★

The conceit of this disc is to take readings from Kipling's Kim and juxtapose them against a musical interpretation of...

Reviewed in issue March/2020

Review of Special Edition Part 1

Special Edition Part 1

Fat Freddy's Drop

The Drop

Rating: ★★★

Since forming in the 1990s, New Zealand soul-dub-electronic outfit Fat Freddy's Drop have steadily built a deserved reputation as one...

Reviewed in issue March/2020

Review of Esantronics

Esantronics

Apichat Pakwan

Animist Records VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★

This is the debut recording of the Dutch-Isan (North-east Thai, also spelled Esan) hybrid music collective, which was recorded at...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Diwan

Diwan

Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson

Golden Girl Records

Rating: ★★★

East meets West, a musical plot line as near-universal as boy meets girl, provides the basis for this new collaboration...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Lust

Lust

Louisa Lyne & Di Yiddishe Kapelye

Maestro Music

Rating: ★★★

Winning Der Idisher Idol 2019 has brought Louisa Lyne and her group Di Yiddishe Kapelye into prominence. Released on September...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Saraba Sufiyana

Saraba Sufiyana

Rafiki Jazz

Konimusic

Rating: ★★★

Rafiki Jazz, the global band who bring together all manner of musicians so to demonstrate that music knows no borders,...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Review of UDU

UDU

UDU

CPL-Music

Rating: ★★★★

UDU is, as far as I know, the only collaboration between Buryat and Lithuanian musicians and it is a delight....

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Mandorla

Mandorla

Pierre Schryer & Adam Dobres

Schryer Dobres Productions

Rating: ★★★

Pierre Schryer is a household name in Canada and Adam Dobres is an accomplished guitarist who can play just about...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Music in Our Dreams

Music in Our Dreams

Dream Shanti

Ear Up Records

Rating: ★★★

There's no question that Jeff Coffin is a fine woodwind player. After all, he spent years playing in the Flecktones...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

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