MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: April 6, 2025
New releases from Ibex Band, Lucy Dacus, and Various Artists
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Ibex Band
Stereo Instrumental Music
(Muzikawi)
★★★★
RELEASED by Paris-based record label Buda Musique between 1998 and 2017, the Ethiopiques album series did a great job of making the wider world aware of Ethiopia’s rich musical culture, especially ethno-jazz artists of the 1960s and 1970s.
However, they never released this fabulous 1976 record Stereo Instrumental Music — it’s only just been rediscovered.
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