Reviews
Viral Wreckage
Bisola Olungbenga has all the makings of a new Nigerian star. Trading under the memorable name of Aunty Rayzor, she...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2023
Variations for Piano and Sitar
Andrew Goldberg & Ricky Romain
Sitarist Ricky Romain has long been a stalwart of the South Asian music scene in the UK, working with musicians...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2023
The Resonance Between
Alam Khan, Arjun K Verma, Jack Perla & Del Sol Quartet
While there are countless East-West fusions out there, there are few that sound as effortlessly meant to be as this...
Reviewed by Alexndra Petropoulos in issue: December/2023
Back to the Taverna
Cherry Bandora are a band from Berlin that revel in their cultural roots at the eastern end of the Mediterranean....
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2023
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Viva el Sábado: Hits de Disco Pop Peruano (1978-1989)
When musical influences from two distinct cultural regions merge, the results are almost always fascinating, and that’s certainly the case...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2023
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Pioneer Works Swing (Live)
Hailu Mergia | Hailu Mergia & The Walias
Not only did the Éthiopiques series make available a treasure of little known music from the golden age of Ethiopian...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2023
Sun to Sun
Sun to Sun came together when Alice Gerrard and Tatiana Hargreaves were huddled in place during the COVID-19 pandemic reviewing...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2023
Upopo Sanke
This posthumous release was recorded in 2003, on a farm in the Tokachi district of Hokkaido, the northernmost island of...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: November/2023
La Giusta Distanza
Riccardo Tesi | Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana
La Giusta Distanza grew out of the confinement of the pandemic when Tuscan organetto (diatonic accordion) maestro Tesi composed most...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: December/2023
