Reviews
Where You Wish You Were
Bill Laurance & Michael League
Michael League and Bill Laurance are leading figures of the massively popular collective Snarky Puppy, who snag everything from jazz,...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: April/2023
Moçambique
Born in Maputo 52 years ago but now resident in Sweden, Celso Paco released his excellent debut album Dugongo in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018
Canti & Musica: Anthology of Profane Songs and Music
On Corsica the human voice reigns supreme, rooted in a polyphonic tradition revived on a wave of nationalism, the riacquistu...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Poland-Pakistan: Music Without Borders
Karolina Cicha & Shafqat Ali Khan
Nine Languages, the debut CD of Polish singer Karolina Cicha was an award-winning disc in which she sang songs in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
My Enemy, My Love
Iranian-born singer Mentrix's debut combines rhythms of the daf (frame drum) with haunting Gothic melodies and engaging electronics. Opener ‘Nature’...
Reviewed by Thomas Graves in issue: June/2020
Rüya
Olcay Bayir's father was an aşik, a musical bard of Anatolia, and seems to have made a strong impression on...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2019
If Paradise
The GUO must be one of the more ambitious and fluid big-bands in existence. Led by trombonist Tony Haynes, it...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012
Dur-Dur of Somalia: Volume 1 & Volume 2
They were the biggest band in 1980s Somalia, huge across the whole Horn of Africa, and they're not completely unknown...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2018
Exploring Gong Culture in Southeast Asia: Massif and Archipelago
Sound artist and archivist Yasuhiro Morinaga records found sounds and music from around the globe. Recently, he turned his attention...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2022
