Reviews
The Iqrit Files
The Palestinian refugee camps of the Middle East are a hotbed of musical creativity, although there are few outlets for...
Reviewed in issue December/2015
Luys i Luso
Tigran Hamasyan & the Yerevan State Chamber Choir
The supreme art form in Armenian culture is, I would argue, its ecclesiastical architecture. Those rugged churches with conical domes...
Reviewed in issue December/2015
Aka Balkan Moon/AlefBa
Veteran Belgian fusionists Aka Moon started off experimenting with Central African polyrhythms and polyphonies. On this live double album, they...
Reviewed in issue December/2015
Ye Katama Hod: The Belly of the City
Born in Somalia to Ethiopian and Italian parents, and now based in Italy, vocalist Saba Anglana found the inspiration for...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
Mud Doll
Single-handedly produced, recorded, arranged, mixed and mastered by British talent Niraj Chag, this is ambitiously lofty (if occasionally bombastic) cinematic...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
St Germain
The French musician, composer and producer Ludovic Navarre (aka St Germain) burst onto the scene 20 years ago with Boulevard,...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
Filament
In 2010, an American clarinettist began to compose original semi-classical Indian pieces for the clarinet. Under the tutelage of the...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
Havana-Paris-Dakar
Alune Wade & Harold López-Nussa
The Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa and the Senegalese singer and bass player Alune Wade came together in Havana in late...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
The Sorcerers
The Sorcerers’ self-titled debut takes its influence from the father of Ethio-jazz, Mulatu Astatké, across eight expansive tracks. The Leeds-based...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
Continuum
For their seventh album, Singapore-based art-rockers The Observatory, most of whom are graduates of various 90s bands, have combined guitars,...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
