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 by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2024
Slack Your Horse
Goblin Band are a six-piece who coalesced around London’s Hobgoblin music shop. Their liner notes for this 30-minute set of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2024
Slåtter fra Gaupdalen IV (Tunes from the Lynx Valley IV)
Originally from Estonia, fiddle player Jüssi has spent much of her life travelling around the Nordic countries as well as...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2024
Ear to the Eye
Following on from last year’s compact, 22-minute Wild Wet World with its aquatic orchestra of sounds, comes a gargantuan 22-song...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2024
Outliers
Jenny Sturgeon & Boo Hewerdine
The title of this collaboration between singer-songwriters Jenny Sturgeon and Boo Hewerdine encapsulates the lockdown experience in which it was...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2024
Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop & Funk from the South China Sea (1974-88)
The fruit of an extensive archival project by Soundway Records label boss Alice Whittington (AKA DJ Norsicaa), Ayo Ke Disco...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2024
Sonic Talismans
Born of a 14-year collaborative partnership between Chinese avant-garde musicians Liang YiYuan and Li Daiguo, Sonic Talismans is the first...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2024
Wagadu Grooves Vol 2: the Hypnotic Sound of Camara 1991-2014
Gaye Mody Camara has had a remarkable career. A young Malian who moved to France in 1977, he started out...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2025
A Fiestar
Andy Gola & Colé Colé Orquesta
With a horn section like Earth Wind & Fire on amphetamines, furious percussion, a wailing guitar and potent vocals, the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2025
Wild and Clear and Blue
What started out in 2014 looking like a one-off or short-lived supergroup of Americana singer-songwriters – Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2025
