Reviews
Live at the Bimhuis
Arifa are a band that are hard to define – four musicians from Turkey, Romania, Greece and Germany, resident in...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Strong
As Iness Mezel's album opens she is very much mistress of her own funk-rock-fusion domain. Her powerful, heavily reverbed voice...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
The Gospel Album
Gurrumul, the blind indigenous Australian vocalist, has achieved remarkable international success with his soft folk-pop music. While he sings in...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Vertical Land
This album has a clear aim: to aurally conjure that feeling all thoughtful travellers experience, the sense of wonder at...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Surfing Times
Odd to think that a nation as staid and wealthy as Norway could produce a band as raucous as Los...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Nomad Songs
For his 21st ECM album, Stephan Micus employs no fewer than nine instruments from different cultures, but focuses principally on...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Musique de Nuit
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal
Two musicians operating at the height of their talent, Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal have mastered string instruments worlds apart...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Boom
Sometimes musical fusions just don’t work, and this is a prime example. Partnering the Spanish producer, and founder of Ojos...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
Gospel Journey
Faada Freddy is one of the pioneers of African hip-hop. He was a founder of the Senegalese band Daara J,...
Reviewed in issue October/2015
