Reviews
If I Greet the Mountains
Giorgis Xylouris, Stelios Petrakis, Periklis Papapetropoulos
It’s a common cliché to compare music to landscape, but it seems particularly appropriate in the dry, rugged but heroic...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2010
New Sound of the Middle East
The album title certainly makes a brave claim, but in many ways the music lives up to it, for Hagai...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2023
Territoires
Québécois supergroup Le Vent du Nord return with their tenth album having recently become a quintet with the addition of...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: May/2019
The Very Best of Osibisa
My introduction to African music came in 1972, when I saw Osibisa playing with Roxy Music at one of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Resilience
Musician, humanitarian and photographer Samite has dedicated his career to the exploration of the power of music as a healing...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2018
Where the Big Lamp Shines
Where the Big Lamp Shines marks the official recording debut of The Often Herd, self-described as ‘progressive bluegrass based in...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2022
Archeology
Montparnasse Musique are an unstoppable Afro-Futurist dynamic duo: Algerian-French DJ/producer with a visual arts background, Nadjib, and South African house...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2022
A Pocket Full of Acorns
For existing fans, Ninebarrow's fourth album will not disappoint; the harmonious vocals are present and correct, as are the considered...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2021
