Reviews
Biama
This Garifuna group is based at the Lebeha Drumming Center in Hopkins Village, Belize, which opened in 2003 with the...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: August/September/2023
Aykathani Malakon
Beirut-based sextet, SANAM, were formed in 2022 in response to an invitation to perform with Hans Joachim Irmler, formerly of...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/September/2023
Taa! – Our Language May Be Dying, But Our Voices Remain (Botswana)
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
A project from Hidden Musics, an international music series of field-recorded albums produced by award-winning music producer Ian Brennan and...
Reviewed by Hillary Palesa Morusi in issue: August/September/2023
Soul Song
Yosef-Gutman Levitt & Lionel Loueke
South African Yosef-Gutman Levitt grew up listening to American jazz fusion, took up bass guitar and won a scholarship to...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: August/September/2023
Stretching Skyward
Gnoss (like Talisk, Eriska and TRIP) are part of Glasgow's lively music scene, though the band originated in Scotland's Northern...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: August/September/2023
Divan & Divine
Zeyn’el is a singer-songwriter who is well-known in the Turkish rock scene as a sound engineer, and some of that...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: August/September/2023
Gwiad
Jean-Luc Thomas and Gab Faure are a French duo who play flute and violin – helped by occasional hand percussion...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: August/September/2023
À Moi la Liberté – Early Electronic Raï – 1983-90
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Long summer nights on the coastal strip; hotshots revving their engines; girls checking their makeup in rearview mirrors; the throb...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: August/September/2023
Classical Music of Central Asia
Munojat Yulchieva, now in her early 60s, is probably the most recognised vocalist in Uzbek traditional music. She's got a...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2023
Anamores
Earlier in the year, this Puerto Rican singer, drummer and social activist released a righteously indignant single about, she explained,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023
