Reviews
Jól Élünk (We Have a Pretty Good Life)
This is the debut recording of a pretty new Hungarian band who were one of the local highlights of 2022’s...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024
Ode Dite
This is a curious release from Croatian guitarist and singer-songwriter Adam Semijalac. He’s deliberately put his guitar away and picked...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024
Tornadon Silmässä
The word ‘vimma’ means ‘frenzy’ in Finnish and this young band’s frenzy is against climate change and the despoliation of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024
Waiting for Zion
After an album and a handful of EPs, the duo Africaine 808 marks a step forward after a ten-year career...
Reviewed by François Renoncourt in issue: January/February/2024
The Sky Unfurls, The Dance Goes On
Led by Brazilian-born, Italian/English-raised songwriter and singer Lau Ro, Wax Machine’s third album, The Sky Unfurls, The Dance Goes On,...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: January/February/2024
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Anyone who caught the concert at London’s Barbican last year by veteran South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim will know...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024
Duniama
The Jarabi Band was formed a decade ago when Mohamed Camara, a Guinean-born, Australian-based kora player, songwriter and vocalist, and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024
Afro Jazz Folk Collection Vol 2
Three years ago, Mieruba – a rarity among crate-digging enterprises in that the label is actually based in West Africa...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024
Inner Winter
On previous full-lengths Gentle Stranger have lived up to their self-proclaimed ‘post-clown’ cabaret tag by diligently committing themselves to a...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: March/2024
Roots 2
The sense of community created by Devon folk duo Show of Hands is perhaps their greatest achievement. It begins on...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2024
