Reviews
Tales From Across the Water
Griselda Sanderson | Griselda Sanderson & Ricardo de Noronha
Multi-instrumentalist Griselda Sanderson's third instrumental album, following 2008's Harpaphonics, and 2015's Radial, offers a musical hand of friendship and connection...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2023
Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition into the Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
This compilation album features 18 tracks by nine different Peruvian cumbia amazónica bands that played the high-energy dance music emanating...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: March/2023
Street of Minarets
Described as a ‘gesture of gratitude and admiration’ from the 50-something Dhafer Youssef of today to his teenage self, this...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: March/2023
Firelight Trio
A new trio featuring accordionist Phil Alexander (Moishe's Bagel), renowned Scottish fiddle player Gavin Marwick and Ruth Morris on the...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2023
Veena Dreams
Raghunath Manet is originally from Puducherry in South India and splits his time between there and France. He is not...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2023
Pura Maldad
Amsterdam-based tropical psych merchants Lola's Dice deliver a brain-bending blend of synth-infused cumbia, merengue, dub and fuzzy funk on this...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2023
The Cycle
A deep contemporary African groove underpins this release – the first of album length from dance music experimentalists Raz &...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2023
Eyes on the Rise
From the seductive opening bars of ‘Chop It Up,‘ an African rumba-hued acoustic guitar and vocal cut that kicks off...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2023
A Cimbalomprímás
The title of this album means ‘The Cimbalom Primás’ or bandleader and the player in question is Bálint Tárkány-Kovács, one...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023
Aïda
Taking inspiration from traditional folk, tribal groove, French rap and the Tokyo underground scene, Maïa Barouh is an artist that...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: March/2023
