Reviews
A Trip to Bolgatanga
‘A bad attitude is like a flat tire / You can't go anywhere until you change it,’ declares King Ayisoba...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/September/2023
Hamt Zamin Hümüs
The morin khuur or two-stringed horsehead fiddle is pretty much the only traditional Mongolian instrument on Hamt Zamin Hümüs. NaraBara...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: August/September/2023
Substrat
Guillem Ballaz is a musician and musical historian who has set out to explore and revitalise the Catalan folk songs...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: August/September/2023
Siyalapha
While this is only Laliboi's second record under his own name, the South African multi-instrumentalist and rapper is by no...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: August/September/2023
La Madrugá
This new album from Yasser Tejeda comprises a slick and very enjoyable collection of nine tracks merging two distinct traits...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: August/September/2023
Stories of Stonia
Singer Mari Kalkun is a native speaker of Võro, an endangered South Estonian language, not easy even for speakers of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton 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
Breathe in Love
Electric Sufi's debut is a dense thicket of influences and personalities, bringing together Manchester-based singer of Kashmiri heritage, Sarah Yaseen,...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/September/2023
On the Path of the Shirazis
This album is aimed squarely at festival dance music tents and clubs. Afro-Electric DJ ARASHKHA (Arash Khalatbari) is a man...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023
