Reviews
The Rough Guide to the Best Japanese Music You’ve Never Heard
Despite the slightly misleading title – many of the artists here are well known in world music circles outside Japan...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: October/2021
Chìsake
Timothy Archambault is an indigenous flautist and composer, member of the Kichesipirini Algonquin First Nation. He is one of the...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: October/2021
Alma Vieja
Founded by American bassist and composer Sascha Jacobsen, Los Tangueros del Oeste is a collective venture that appears to aspire...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2021
Peace in Africa
Cheikh Ibra Fam might not be a familiar name for many outside of Senegal, but this multi-instrumentalist and singer has...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2021
Norwegian Oud
Yinon Muallem & Guy Mintus | Yinon Muallem
Conceived and recorded throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Norwegian Oud is the latest album from oud player, percussionist, and composer Yinon...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2021
Mujeres de Arena y Otras Historias
Amilcar Soto Rodriguez, Susana Baca & I Solisti Veneti
Amilcar Soto Rodriguez grew up as part of a musical family in Villa El Salvador on the Peruvian coast, a...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2021
Ffiniau
Ffiniau is Welsh for ‘borders’ and harpist and singer Bethan Nia’s debut album explores the boundaries that exist between people,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2021
Con Sentimiento
Born in just 2002 in Güines (just south of Havana), Noslen Noel has already made a name for himself as...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: October/2021
Yaho Bele/Say Yeah
Badume’s Band & Selamnesh Zéméné
Badume’s Band are one of the mainstays of European Ethio-jazz, with over a decade of experience as the go-to backing...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2021
Pissourin
In their latest outing, the amazing Cypriot trio Monsieur Doumani go (more) electronic, and again produce an endlessly inventive take...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2021
