Reviews
LL25
There are 16 musicians supporting The London Lasses in celebrating their 25 years together on LL25, a generous 14-track album...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2023
Songs from Severn Grove
It's a dreamy, laid-back soundscape that Cardiff-based singer-songwriter Ivan Moult serves up on Songs from Severn Grove, his third studio...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: August/September/2023
Journey Across the Steppes
Recordings of Turkmen musicians are few and far between. Oghlan Bakhshi, born Mohammad Geldi Geldi Nejad in 1993, is a...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2023
Subhana
A selection of peak Libyan reggae grooves courtesy of Benghazi-born Ahmed Ben Ali, focusing on Ahmed's releases from the mid-2000s....
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023
Digital Indigenous 04: MP4MP3
In 2020, Polish label 1000Hz launched Digital Indigenous, a series showcasing producers who use rudimentary digital tools to create unique...
Reviewed by François Renoncourt in issue: July/2023
Igbo Amaka
Okwy Osadebe & Highlife Soundmakers International
Highlife music is most closely associated with Ghana, but the genre's roots extend across West Africa and beyond. Okwy Osadebe...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2023
Sim Sim Sim
Sim Sim Sim, the Latin Grammy-winning debut from Rio de Janeiro-based Bala Desejo, conjures a cornucopia of Brazilian styles including...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2023
Feast of Wire
In the late 1990s the Americana duo of John Convertino and Joey Burns created a form of desert blues inspired...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2023
Thank You for Bringing Me Back to the Sky
The Oldest Voice in the World (Azerbaijan)
The music we call global should thank the heavens, really, for the Grammy-winning producer and field recordist Ian Brennan, who...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2023
Namian Sidibé
There are fascinating clips online of a young Namian Sidibé performing on Malian TV talent show Mini Star in 2010....
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2023
