Reviews
Canciones en Blanco y Negro
For those who have chosen to train their soul in such a way, folklore in Argentina is ever-present. Whether in...
Reviewed by Juan José Relmucao in issue: December/2024
Music in the Realm of Fireflies: Improvisations for Peace and Healing
This is meditative music, created by a group of Japanese and Japan-based musicians playing Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Korean and Mongolian...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: December/2024
The Tinnitus Chorus
Canadian sound artist and producer Michael Scott Dawson has spent years battling with hearing problems. In the process of making...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: December/2024
Langt, Langt Vekk
Ævestaden are known for their delicate, hypnotic folktronica. Fellow Norwegians Kanaan are a psychedelic rock trio. That the two bands...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2024
’94 – Now: Collaborations
Asian Dub Foundation (ADF) celebrate 30 years of their radical history this autumn with this collection of the mightiest of...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2024
Arcs & Rivers
Joel Lyssarides & Georgios Prokopiou
I’ve encountered the bouzouki in a number of different contexts: rebetika, laïko, Irish traditional music and various eastern-Mediterranean crossover ensembles,...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2024
Choque Eletrostático
Lebeis comes from a background in theatre production but uses this assured debut to show her abilities in sound, texture...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: December/2024
Terceiro Mundo
The opening sound bite of Terceiro Mundo, ‘EntreMundos’, refers back to the São Paulo group’s 2017 second album of the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024
Inner Spirits
Swedish pianist Jan Lundgren and Brazilian guitarist Yamandu Costa’s collaborative debut is a thing of beauty. Cast as an Ecuadorian...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/2024
Went to Walk
The shadow of the pandemic and lockdowns hangs heavy over this third album from the Sligo-based, Austrian-born violinist/singer/yodeller and composer....
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2024
