Reviews
Tales of Bobbi Niger
Formed in Denmark in 2022, the quartet of guitarists Alain Apaloo and Olav Poulsen, harmonica player Peter Nande and percussionist...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2024
My Name is Giridhar Udupa
Having performed as a sideman with a myriad of world-class South Asian and Western artists, percussion virtuoso Giridhar Udupa releases...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: February/March/2025
Curyman II
‘Curyman’, the opening track of Rogê’s (Roger José Cury) follow-up, revisits the final, brief ‘O Vento’ from 2023’s Curyman (reviewed...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: February/March/2025
La Pata Coja
The Bongo Hop are the brainchild of France-based Etienne Sevet, who could be considered part of the new tropical revivalists,...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: February/March/2025
Once We Had a Home
The Rohingya people are among the most persecuted on the planet. In 1982, they were driven from their ancestral homes...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2024
Armageddon in a Sunny Dress
According to Sunny War, the music on Armageddon in a Sunny Dress, her follow-up to 2023’s Anarchist Gospel, partly stems...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2025
Boss Morris
The self-titled debut from Boss Morris soars with all the melancholy folk beauty of a Red Kite in a wintry...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2025
Dans fra Dalstrøka
By their own admission, the music of Norwegian sextet Hornorkesteret is hard to describe, and the line-up does little to...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2025
Usures
Les Mécanos are ten hirsute men from Saint-Étienne who, in overalls and dungarees, sing in Occitan and French of the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2025
