Reviews
cloud horizons
Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening
‘The Darkening’ is the Northumbrian term for twilight and the music of cloud horizons is crepuscular. The lyrics of ‘Long...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2023
One Drop of Kindness
Yungchen Lhamo has been in exile from Tibet since 1989 and One Drop of Kindness, her seventh release, continues her...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: October/2023
Artemisia
Hailing from Burkina Faso, Art Melody is a farmer by day and rapper and singer by night, bringing a fresh...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2023
Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground
Jaglara is the sound of one man and one keyboard, emanating from the rural al-Fashaga region near the tripoint of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2023
African Rhapsodies
Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita has been on a mission to expand the sound of the instrument, having already been...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2023
Dream from the Deep Well
It's an ephemeral and tentatively psychedelic sound that Power delivers on the rather wonderful Dream from the Deep Well. The...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2023
Afghan Music in Exile: Mashhad 2022
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Since the Taliban's return to power in 2021, many of Afghanistan's musicians were forced into exile to avoid arrest, torture...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2023
Jarak Qaribak
This is more than just a meeting of two rock stars – one the lead guitarist of Radiohead, the other...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2023
Guilherme Coutinho e o Grupo Stalo
Guilherme Coutinho e o Grupo Stalo
Recorded 45 years ago in the north Brazilian town of Belém and released on the Erla - Estudio Rauland label,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/September/2023
Miramar
The traditions of few places in Europe have been as overwritten as those of the Balearic island of Mallorca. Even...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/September/2023
