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Album Review: Kobo Town – Where the Galleon Sank [Stonetree Records; February 2017]

This is the second album from critically acclaimed Kobo Town, named after the historical neighbourhood in Trinidad’s capital Port of...
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·06/08/2018·1 min read

Album Review: Gilles Peterson: Havana Cultura Anthology [Brownswood Recordings, 2nd December 2016]

This is the ‘anthology’ of modern Cuban music that embodies the diversity of a new generation of artists beyond the...
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·02/02/2017·2 min read

Album Review: Ata Kak – Obaa Sima [Awesome Tapes From Africa, 3rd March 2015]

Whether in Ghana or anywhere else really, a man wearing a denim shirt, hat, and dark sunglasses on a front...
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·15/11/2016·1 min read

Album Review: Dobet Gnahoré – Miziki [Wagram Music; May 2018]

Having been raised in an environment where performing arts and African traditions were paramount, Ivorian vocalist Dobet Gnahoré has always...
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·07/10/2018·1 min read

Album Review: Sociedade Recreativa – Sociativa [Jarring Effects; February 2019]

Sociativa (Jarring Effects) is a punchy, electronic and beat-heavy rendition of older Brazilian pieces (mostly from North East Brazil) which have...
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·06/03/2019·1 min read

Album Review: Arat Kilo – Nouvelle Fleur [Eklektik, 27th May 2016]

If you’ve never listened to ethio-jazz, a genre very popular in the bars and hotels of Addis Ababa during the...
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·27/02/2017·2 min read

Album Review: Namvula – Quiet Revolutions [NMR Records; 10th November 2017]

The cultural heritage that Quiet Revolutions brings to our ears is incredible, to put it mildly. Since her debut album...
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·22/11/2017·1 min read

Album Review: Mexrrissey – No Manchester [Cooking Vinyl, 4th March 2016]

Crossing a cultural border can be an exciting journey, especially when the lines that have been drawn are so fine...
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·11/04/2016·1 min read

Album Review: BKO – Mali Foli Coura [BUDA Musique; November 2017]

Modern five-piece BKO return with their second album Mali Foli Coura released on Buda Musique records. Hailing from Mali, BKO...
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·20/03/2018·1 min read

Album Review: Chris Dave and The Drumhedz – s/t [Blue Note Records; January 2018]

The line “mi chiedi dove trovo i miei occhi chiari” from the poem ‘Ricordami Cosi’ composed by Italian poet Alfonso...
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·01/02/2018·2 min read

Album Review: La Máquina Insular – Somos La Plena [Vampisoul, 8th April 2016]

It is undeniable that the 2016 single by La Máquina Insular pays tribute to Rafael Cortijo, the Puerto Rican orchestra...
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·29/06/2016·1 min read

Daymé Arocena – Cubafonia [Brownswood Recordings, 10th March 2017]

Caribbean societies are often subject to a certain gaze, in search of exotica. The cultural region’s best musicians are those...
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·16/03/2017·1 min read
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