Reviews
Kabatronics
Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground
The irresistible draw here is Albania’s amazing brass band Fanfara Tirana, an 11-strong musical force of real magic. Transglobal Underground,...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
The Arch
This collaboration, only released recently, may have been the last work of the respected French musician, producer and remix specialist...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
Kala Jula
Samba Diabate & Vincent Zanetti
In essence, this album by Malian griot Samba Diabate and Swiss world music specialist and multi-instrumentalist Vincent Zanetti is a...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
Otherworldly
The Pyramids formed at Antioch College, Ohio in 1972 as an avant– garde cosmic jazz band, influenced by the likes...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Build
Indian-American singer-songwriter Rupa Mayra and her troupe of San Francisco-based activist musicians return with their sophisticated global sound-world and rebellious...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Riots in the Jungle
Skip & Die are an enigmatic creative duo who've made a debut album that could and should be reviewed by...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Black Box
In his 2004 album Swing Swing, guitarist, composer and producer Nicolas Repac took a futuristic journey through the history of...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
968 CR13
Massilia Sound System surged out of the 80s underground party scene in Marseille. They're the group that pretty much single-handedly...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Englobed
The guitar-playing soloist on this disc, Giuliano Modarelli, has evidently mastered the elements of raga to a high degree, and...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
