Reviews
If Only I Could Hibernate
This release is the soundtrack to the film If Only I Could Hibernate by Mongolian director Zoljargal Purevdash. It had...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: April/2024
Meera
Living at a time when women were confined to the home, the 16th-century Hindu mystic-poet Meerabai (bai being an honorific...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: January/February/2024
Cumbia Sabrosa Vol 2: Sonidero Bangers from the Discos Tropical Vaults
One of two tremendous compilations focussed on small but esteemed labels. Cumbia Sabrosa Vol 2 consists of three 7” singles....
Reviewed by in issue: June/2024
Qasr
This layered debut explores issues of identity that arise when one’s ethnic heritage does not wholly align with one’s country...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: April/2024
Les Belgicains – Na Tango Ya Covadia 1964-70
When Nikiforos Cavvadias arrived in Belgium in the early 60s he was already a famed producer, having run the Ngoma...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2024
Memoria de los Cantes Flamencos – Vol 1
Part of a five-set anthology, presenting 71 different flamenco palos, this first volume covers 12 palos, some taking their inspiration...
Reviewed by Thérèse Wassily Saba in issue: August/2024
Maidin Domhnaigh
Seamas Hyland left those rapscallions, The Mary Wallopers, last year. His first solo album, Maidin Domhnaigh (Sunday Morning) reveals his...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: August/2024
The Handover
The Handover are a trio of Aly Eissa, Ayman Asfour and Jonas Cambien, their eponymous debut consisting of two epic...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2024
Til My Song Is Done
Emma Donovan | Emma Donovan & The Putbacks
When Australian Indigenous singer Emma Donovan was little, her mother regularly entered her in country music busking and talent competitions....
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: August/2024
