This album acts as a sequel to Ifriqiyya Electrique’s recordings on Glitterbeat (2017-2019), which involved a collab between Putan Club...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2023
Los York’s | Melcochita y Su Conjunto
Two very different but equally enjoyable reissues from the Munster umbrella of labels, both dating to late-60s Peru. First up,...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2023
The title of the Swedish label’s latest Brazilian release translates as Big Deal! This self-effacing singer-songwriter has waited till age...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/February/2024
Yosef-Gutman Levitt & Omri Mor
Having only recently reviewed Levitt’s Soul Song (in #190) I was surprised and delighted to see he’d released a second...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: January/February/2024
Lullabies – cradle songs – a term derived from the middle English ‘lullen’ (lull) and ‘bye’ (near), and, much further...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2024
Junnosuke Uehara, Washu Yoneya & Kisaburo Umeya
Matsuri bayashi, the celebratory festival music of Japanese prefectures, provides the core for this album, albeit reimagined for a contemporary...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: December/2023
Afrobeat creeps into so many heterogeneous mixes today that it’s refreshing to hear an unadulterated version. Conceived during the destabilising...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2023
This collab between Beijing-based label bié and Latin America-focused label Shika Shika is an energising alternative to the well worn...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2023
Although he now lives in the Istanbul district of Gazi Mahallesi, an area popular with Alevi Kurds, Kiği is the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2023
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