Reviews

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 in issue April/2023

Contrastes

Electrocutango

Contrastes is the third album released by Electrocutango, led by acclaimed Norwegian tanguista pianist Sverre Indris Joner — composer of...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

El Espacio Entre

Refree

Raül Refree is an acclaimed producer and collaborator, sought after by artists as diverse as Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Ricky...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

Spell 31

Ibeyi

Spell 31 is the third full-length from the French-Cuban sister duo, Ibeyi, and it is perhaps their most daring record...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

Everything Returns

Black Ox Orkestar

Black Ox Orkestar are primarily concerned with Jewish Eastern European music but also the wider Jewish experience, bringing aspects of...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

Dialogues

Su-a Lee

South Korea-born cellist Su-a Lee celebrates her 30 years of musical experience with her beguiling and exquisite debut solo album...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

A Time Between Birth and Chaos

Symo Reyn

On stage, he sits with a qanun, the Middle Eastern zither, on his lap and a table crammed with electronic...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

ZETS!

YID!

If the idea of a Yiddish language album seems a little old worldy, you probably haven't yet heard ZETS!. This...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

Maelstrom

Duplex

Not to be confused with the Norwegian jazz duo or the Dutch electronica band of the same name, the Duplex...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

Cymande

Cymande

When Cymande's debut LP was released in 1972 it was largely ignored in their UK homeland. The UK's hip music...

Reviewed in issue March/2023