Reviews

Tudo Está Bom

Kosmik Band

Back in 2009, Playing for Change became an unexpected global success. It involved street musicians from across the world (and...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2023

Thunder

Stephan Micus

‘A Song for Thor’ that opens this album is a thunderous Thor de force. It features a four-metre long Tibetan...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2023

Elesa

Mze Shina

A quintet of American, Peruvian, French and Iranian origin, based in Rennes, Brittany, is a pretty odd collective of musicians...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2023

The Water is the Shovel of the Shore

Shovel Dance Collective

Shovel Dance Collective's epic album dredges down through bodies of water. It shifts through the capital, raw materials and hard...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2023

Zwerver

Toasaves

An absolutely fascinating project from Belgium, Toasaves brings together musicians of diverse backgrounds to combine their individual expertise with leader...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2023

Sababa 5

Sababa 5

Tel Aviv's Sababa 5 are a quintet of hard-working musos who have loaned their talents to a boatload of Israeli...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2023

Cool Funeral Beer: Day 1 – The Creation of the Final Ancestor Shrine

Bengt Berger

This is the first instalment of a remarkable three-part project of music inspired by traditional funeral ceremonies in Ghana. The...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2023

Chłopi: Wesele Boryny

Kożuch & Napięcie

This is an extraordinary album recreating the sound of a wedding in central Poland in the late 19th century. The...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2023

Darkest Hour

The Gibson Brothers

Darkest Hour offers further proof that Leigh and Eric Gibson – deemed Entertainers of the Year by the International Bluegrass...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2023

Tear in the River

Roy Sunak

Berlin-based bansuri player Roy Sunak's debut album, Tear in the River, can’t be faulted musically, even if its concept –...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2023