Reviews
Pull the Rope
Ibibio Sound Machine started out ten years ago with a self-titled album that matched gospel, West African styles and electronic...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Getaway
The simplest and most common description of Kolonel Djafaar’s sound is as a meeting of Ethio-jazz and Afrobeat. And that’s...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Find Your Flame
When artists pile on the special guests, sometimes you wish they wouldn’t. However, this nine-piece powerhouse from Leeds have managed...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Senga
Portuguese singer-songwriter Inês Loubet spent five years travelling from Portugal through Brazil, to London, inspiring this, her debut album. It’s...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Talitakum
Avalanche Kaito’s 2022 self-titled debut was a triumph of noise punk indelibly informed by griot music from Burkina Faso. Since...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Out of the Blue
It’s reassuring that some things don’t change. For their second album, the Brussels-based international trio of former street musicians follow...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Zero Grace
Born in Nottingham with an English mum and Jamaican dad, Liam Bailey grew up listening to reggae, soul and rock...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Black Star Liner
Disillusioned with the financial side of the Jamaican music industry after working with such harmony groups as The Lyrics (who...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
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Africamore – The Afro-Funk Side of Italy (1973-1978)
While it’s possible to sleep on nylon sheets, you’d really rather not. Similarly, the experience of listening to the synthetic...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
2gether
An intriguing meeting of two Iraqi Jewish artists who have spent years in Israel and Turkey (in the case of...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
