Reviews
A Trip to Bolgatanga
‘A bad attitude is like a flat tire / You can't go anywhere until you change it,’ declares King Ayisoba...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/September/2023
Healing Rituals
Syrian-French flautist Naïssam Jalal has been somewhat overlooked as a composer and bandleader, but with this album – her ninth!...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/September/2023
O Yinne!
Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy
Lively church music based on Ghanaian highlife traditions with a modern electric slant. Guitars, two keyboards and a horn section...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2023
Corazones and Canciones
Confidently stating Mexican-American music's place within the American Roots tradition, singer La Marisoul has joined with Tejano conjunto Los Texmaniacs...
Reviewed by Patrick Mcmahon in issue: July/2023
Medna Roso
PJEV, Kit Downes & Hayden Chisholm
This is the kind of inter-cultural collaboration I can get into. Too often, such projects are the mooncalves of questions...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2023
Speech of Species
This follow-up to Belgian quartet Echoes Of Zoo's 2021 debut Breakout is, by all accounts, a concept album exploring the...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2023
Kind of Folk, Vol 4 Iberia
Norwegian drummer Terje Isungset is best-known for wowing the world with his ice music, but he's also part of the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2023
Marzipan
Habibi Funk continues to deliver on its promise of rare, sometimes vintage, always interesting gems from the Arab world. The...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: October/2023
Unheard Landscapes
Haapoja is a Helsinki-based producer and includes one of Finland’s current favourite bands, Okra Playground, among his credits. On Unheard...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2023
