Leonardo V Boccia, Homenagem, Brazil, Lugar Alto, LA001 vinyl LP (2019) Appropriately for a reissue of an album first released
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Former Reflections Enduring Doubt
I feel Jeffrey Alexander’s music has only tangentially graced our shores…we heard one compilation by The Iditarod, and have a
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Contemporary classical chamber music with singing on After The End (NEW FOCUS RECORDINGS fcr230), performed by musicians from soundSCAPE (an
Continue readingScarcity Of Tanks and Total Life
In May 2019 we received a generous package of releases by Scarcity Of Tanks (SOT), the Cleveland band featuring guitarist
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I see I was pretty dismissive of the last offering from Eclectic Maybe Band who released The Blind Night Watchers’
Continue readingBantou Mentale (self-titled): more lively and easy listening than challenging as African-Western fusions go
Bantou Mentale, self-titled, Germany, Glitterbeat Records, GB073LP (2019) Bantou Mentale is a recent quartet based in Paris, of which three
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Last heard from The Slate Pipe Banjo Draggers with their 2016 cassette Sedimenters, and they’re now here today with new
Continue readingHechicero (Perspectives on Afro-Peruvian Music. The Collection Vol 2): paying homage to a very distinct and inventive Peruvian musical tradition
Cotito, Hechicero (Perspectives on Afro-Peruvian Music. The Collection Vol 2), Peru, Buh Records, BR114 CD / vinyl (2019) Juan Medrano
Continue readingThe Furnaces of Palingenesia: a rebirth, in less grand form, of a veteran black metal band
Deathspell Omega, The Furnaces of Palingenesia, France, Norma Evangelium Diaboli, NED047 CD digipak (2019) After 20 years – whut, 20
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From Discus Music, the album Ice & Bone (DISCUS79CD) has been created by Jan Todd and Terry Todd, calling themselves
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