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Category: Album reviews

Mama Sissoko - Diamond Fingers cover artwork. A black and white photo of the artist with an electric guitar.
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Mama Sissoko Returns With Diamond Fingers After A Decade

Angel Romero March 29, 2026 No Comments Malian musicMama SissokoMohamed Sissoko (Danger)Noumou Keitaworld music

Mama Sissoko – Diamond Fingers (One World Records, 2026) Malian guitarist Mama Sissoko will be releasing his long-delayed album Diamond Fingers on March 6, 2026.…

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Todd Albright — Blues For Dexter Linwood cover artwork. A red and black photo of Albright playing guitar.
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Todd Albright Makes Old Blues Songs Feel Fresh Again

Ryan Emmert March 28, 2026 No Comments bluesTodd Albrightworld music

Todd Albright — Blues For Dexter Linwood (April 17, 2026 / Misfortune Records, 2026) Todd Albright’s Blues For Dexter Linwood finds the Detroit fingerpicker turning…

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Selwyn Birchwood - Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues cover artwork. A photo of Birchwood playing an arrow shaped guitar.
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Selwyn Birchwood Plugs In Florida Blues For Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues

Angel Romero March 27, 2026 No Comments bluesSelwyn Birchwoodworld music

Selwyn Birchwood – Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues (Alligator, 2026) Guitarist, vocalist, and composer Selwyn Birchwood will release Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues on Friday, March 27,…

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Tuuletar - Maammo cover artwork. A photo of the four female singers in a small boat.
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Tuuletar Makes Waves With Mother Earth Energy

JGurski March 24, 2026 No Comments Finnish musicTuuletarworld music

Tuuletar – Maammo (Nordic Notes, 2026) Finnish folk vocal group Tuuletar released its third studio album, Maammo (“Mother Earth”), on January 30, 2026. The record…

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The cover of Zagata by Souad Massi features the artist posed front and center against a red background. She wears an elaborate red garment with wide, wing-like shoulders and intricate patterns, paired with traditional jewelry and a detailed headpiece.
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Souad Massi’s Latest Explores New Franco-Arabic Blends

John Alan Urquhart March 23, 2026 No Comments Algerian musicchaabipoprockSouad Massiworld music

Souad Massi – Zagate (Backingtrack Production, 2026) Algerian-born singer-songwriter Souad Massi has never strayed far from her Algerian Chaâbi folk roots, while creatively incorporating Western…

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A black-and-white winter landscape stretches across the cover, where a small herd of reindeer stands silhouetted along a snow-covered ridge beneath a vast sky. Hand-drawn lettering spells out the artist’s name and the album title.
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Benedicte Maurseth’s Mirra Follows the Call of the Wild

Madison Quinn March 20, 2026 No Comments Benedicte MaursethNorwegian folk musicworld music

Benedicte Maurseth – Mirra (Hubro, 2025) With Mirra (2025), Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player and composer Benedicte Maurseth deepens her exploration of sound, landscape, and ecology.…

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Dub Colossus - Dub Will Keep Us Together - art@SamDodson design@SimonLast. Cover artwork. The Dub Colossus logo (a hand in a circle) surrounded by a collage of images.
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Dub Will Keep Us Together, Nick Page’s Final Dub Colossus Album

Angel Romero March 19, 2026 No Comments DubDub ColossusEthiopian musicJamaican musicworld fusionworld music

Dub Colossus – Dub Will Keep Us Together (Real World X, 2026) Dub Will Keep Us Together is the final Dub Colossus album to feature…

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A collage of angular prisms and overlapping planes fills the cover, rendered in greens, golds, and blues. Fragmented archival photographs appear embedded within the geometric forms.
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Laura Camacho Unveils Todo Tiempo Pasado — Tango Meets Britney And Kate Bush

Iliana Cabrera March 18, 2026 No Comments Argentine musicLaura Camachotangotango nuevoworld music

Laura Camacho – Todo Tiempo Pasado (Athens Tango Project, 2025) Argentine composer and orchestra bassist Laura Camacho has a new album titled Todo Tiempo Pasado…

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A collage-like cover layered with dark green foliage, sketch-like golden line drawings, and black-gold backgrounds. A red bird dominates the center-right, while animal forms emerge from the surrounding patterns. At the bottom, the title King Of The Dogwoods and the artist Boiled in Lead appear.
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Boiled In Lead Comes Back with Celtic Punk Attitude

Angel Romero March 16, 2026 No Comments Boiled In LeadCeltic music

Boiled In Lead – King of the Dogwoods (Omnium Records, 2026) Boiled In Lead’s King of the Dogwoods is the Minnesota band’s first studio release…

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Maksim Mudrinić, Oskar Kovač – Made in Sivac: Serbian Music from Vojvodina cover artwork. Photos of two of the artists
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Traditional Sounds of Sivac Pipes Take Center Stage

Tyler Bennet March 15, 2026 No Comments bagpipegajdeMaksim MudrinićOskar KovačSerbian musicVojvodinaworld music

Maksim Mudrinić, Oskar Kovač – Made in Sivac: Serbian Music from Vojvodina (Antonovka Records, 2025) This field recording captures traditional music from Vojvodina, the autonomous…

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