Reviews
Cara de Espelho
No one by now can be ignorant of the far-right rise all over the world. In Portugal, the alarm is...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2024
Monsieur MÂLÂ
Monsieur MÂLÂ, a Parisian jazz fusion quintet, emerges from the shadows of supporting roles for musicians like Blick Bassy, Mayra...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2024
Oyoun Al Kalam
Ramzi Aburedwan & Dal’Ouna Ensemble
Originally recorded in 2007, Oyoun Al Kalam, by multi-instrumentalist Ramzi Aburedwan & Dal’Ouna Ensemble finally gets a digital release 17...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: May/2024
Algo-Ritmo: Mexican Institute of Sound Hits 2004-2024
This compilation of 24 songs spans the two-decade career of Mexican Institute of Sound, aka Camilo Lara. Named as one...
Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: May/2024
ON – Live at the Jam Jar
A ‘topette’ is a shot of liquor. In Poitou-Charentes, where the band met, it means ‘Cheers!’. Topette!! is thus the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2024
New Ancient Strings
Toumani Diabaté & Ballaké Sissoko
Reissued to mark the 25th anniversary of its 1999 release on Joe Boyd’s Hannibal label, New Ancient Strings remains a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2024
Gjenskinn
Nils Økland has been at the heart of music-making in Norway for over 40 years. Rooted in Norway’s traditional violin...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2024
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High Above Harlesden [Box Set]
Creation Rebel are pioneers of the UK dub scene. Emerging from working-class London in the late 1970s, their music stepped...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: May/2024
