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Review of Kokoro

Kokoro

Sababa 5 & Yurika

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★

Tel Aviv-based quartet Sababa 5’s third full-length album in as many years is, in fact, a compilation of the A...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Migratum

Migratum

Beats y Batería

Stolen Mask

Rating: ★★★★

Migratum is the Chicago trio’s debut album, building in form, beats complexity and melodies from 2019’s self-titled EP. The term...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Til My Song Is Done

Til My Song Is Done

Emma Donovan & The Putbacks | Emma Donovan

Cooking Vinyl Australia

Rating: ★★★★

When Australian Indigenous singer Emma Donovan was little, her mother regularly entered her in country music busking and talent competitions....

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Dreamers in the Field

Dreamers in the Field

Huun-Huur-Tu, Carmen Rizzo & Dhani Harrison

Dark Horse Records

Rating: ★★★

Tuvan khöömei/throat-singing elder statesmen Huun-Huur-Tu have made many collaborations over the years. Acclaimed producer Carmen Rizzo has worked with them...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Cadair Idris

Cadair Idris

Awen Ensemble

New Soil

Rating: ★★★

Cadair Idris is the debut album from the Leeds-based eight-piece folk-jazz collective Awen Ensemble. Awen, meaning ‘poetic inspiration’ in Welsh,...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of I Can Feel My Dreams

I Can Feel My Dreams

Damian Dalla Torre

Squama Records

Rating: ★★★★

Leipzig-based saxophonist, composer and producer Damian Dalla Torre has been on the improvisation/experimental music scene for some time, working with...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of SIHR

SIHR

Frédéric D Oberland, Grégory Dargent, Tony Elieh & Wassim Halal

Sub Rosa

Rating: ★★★

This album by four musicians from the eastern end of the Mediterranean is a real gallimaufry, in the best sense...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Sunbird

Sunbird

Andrés Coll Odyssey

Balaio Records

Rating: ★★★

On paper, it’s hard to imagine this works: 23-year-old bandleader Coll brings together musicians from disparate backgrounds that cover Moroccan...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Tales of Orisas

Tales of Orisas

Sacred Funk Quartet

Ifa Yoruba Contemporary Arts

Rating: ★★★

The Nigerian-born jazz percussionist Lekan Babalola and British clarinettist Kate Luxmoore formed the Sacred Funk Quartet ‘following a commission by...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Where Did You Go?

Where Did You Go?

Sandman Project

Batov Records

Rating: ★★

Having released their first EP way back in 2018, Sandman Project’s aptly titled first full-length Where Did You Go? poses...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

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