Reviews
Celebration
Like many of their Oceanic compatriots, ever since their 2013 debut California-based quartet Common Kings have managed to craft a...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2024
Isolashun
Aditya Prakash’s debut solo album with its phonetic spelling of ‘isolation’ appears to be a direct reference to the pandemic...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: January/February/2024
Ridiculous Things
Seattle’s The Do Goodrs debut album dives deep into personal storytelling and cultural fusion through the band’s love of Balkan...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: June/2024
Deep Africa
Back in the 90s, Eric Mouquet and his French ‘ethnic electronica collective’ Deep Forest did more than anyone else to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2013
Curandero
The US/Mexican frontier is a hotspot of hope and anguish, drugs and guns, rednecks and refugees. Orkesta Mendoza, formed by...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2020
Pipers
I’m a big fan of the clarinet. Of all the wind instruments it has the widest and most varied range...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2020
IYA: Songs for the Mothers
For their fifth album, London's Afro-Cuban community choir build on their tradition of performing songs to the Orishas (Yoruba deities)...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2023
Maghreb Lyon
The role of Paris and Marseille in the production of North African music in France is well documented: less so...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2014
Uhamiaji
When a press release states that an album will redefine the boundaries of whatever style it purports to represent, you...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: November/2017
The Macalla Suite
Composed to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, Michael Rooney’s The Macalla Suite is a compendium of folk...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2017
