Reviews
Amicum
Timo Alakolita & Johanna Juhola Duo
It's sixteen years since this duo's last album. At that point Alakotila was one of the key figures on the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2023
Hidden Animals
Ben Krakauer has had an intriguing career. He's an impressive banjo player and composer, and an ethnomusicologist who has written...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2023
Veseli Romi
Mile Petrović is now something of an elder statesman, still helming the Veseli Romi, most recently as a somewhat jazzy...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2023
Chimborazo
The much-loved Marimba-Punk boys from Mexico City are back. This time with an album showcasing their own compositions; a departure...
Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: June/2023
Free Music (Part One)
Free Music (Part One) compiles the third and fourth albums (the only ones released on vinyl) of the Libyan, mid-70s,...
Reviewed by Nick Hobbs in issue: June/2023
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
Ear Snacks
That this San Francisco-based band records and performs with numerous like-minded guests suggests the current good health of country rock...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss 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
Helen Nkume & Her Young Timers Band
Helen Nkume was approaching her thirties when she began her musical career in the early 1970s. Before the decade was...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2023
Sonido Lava
Adding a Berlin sheen to Latin America's electric rhythms, DJ-producer Daniel Haaksman returns with his fourth full-length release, Sonido Lava....
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: June/2023
