Reviews
Across the Field
Across the Field has an appealingly ramshackle, rough-edged, home-made quality across its seven tracks. There is a refreshingly quirky and...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2019
Aimez Ces Airs
DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson
Now this album could well be lighting up summer 2019; its mix of Afrobeat rhythms and reggae vocals – with...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2019
Excavated Shellac: An Alternative History of the World’s Music
What should you give someone who listens to a broad swath of ‘global music’? How about a 100-track compilation of...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: May/2021
Free the System
About this album, Dandana say ‘the old system can’t easily deal with young or new ideas.’ In a time where...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2020
Waters Wide
Somewhat of a supergroup, Koral Society comprises Caroline Trettine on guitar and lead vocals, Mosi Conde on kora and Alison...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2017
Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985
Africa collided with Latin America in myriad ways, from the complex rhythms of son, the Yoruba pulse underpinning cumbia to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Make Your Move
Trad.Attack! are a phenomenon in Estonia, their homeland, where since their inception in 2013 the trio have swept the board...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020
Contrastes
Contrastes is the third album released by Electrocutango, led by acclaimed Norwegian tanguista pianist Sverre Indris Joner — composer of...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2023
