Reviews
Mentallogenic
The Amsterdam-based Venezuelan-Portuguese producer, musical auteur and DJ Alex Figueira had a stint playing percussion for Altın Gün and certainly...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2023
Yeahno Yowouw Land
Yeahno Yowouw Land is deep and earthy, and high and celestial; it's a land of swirling euphoria and wholesome, grounding...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: June/2023
Since Time is Gravity
The American composer and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Abrams has long described his experimental Natural Information Society ensemble as an exercise in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2023
KahraMusiqa
Singer-songwriter Badiâa Bouhrizi should really be a household name in global music circles. In Tunisia, her birthplace, she is beloved...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/September/2023
City of Gold
With City of Gold, Molly Tuttle and producer/dobro guitar maestro Jerry Douglas have accomplished their self-appointed mission, which was to...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/September/2023
From Skopje With Love
This is an album whose appeal grows with repeated plays. Like many artists from the Balkans, vocalist Elena Hristova's first...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: August/September/2023
Fadolinka 2.0
For some years now, Sarajevo singer Maja Milinković has been connecting the musical dots between Balkan and Portuguese traditions. With...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: August/September/2023
City of 1001 Windows
Welcome to the city of Berat, Albania, 2,400 years young, and welcoming, in its time, Roman, Slavic, Byzantine and Turkish...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2023
The Endless Coloured Ways
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
There is a new biography of Nick Drake out on the shelves, and this double set comprises 23 covers of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2023
Goshinboku
Amazing what keyboards, electric bass and occasional percussion can achieve. It helps, however, to have a guest like the acclaimed...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023
