Reviews
Vinyl Box Set #5
Fela Kuti’s vast and sprawling catalogue has been repackaged and repurposed, anthologised and annotated countless times since his death in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2022
Canciones de Isaac
Breezes, birdsong, crickets, leaf-litter, the hum of Caracas by night, and the more serene sounds of daytime walks through Pyrenean...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2022
Odyssey
Fourth Moon was formed out of a session at Ireland’s Willie Clancy Festival in 2014 by four musicians from right...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2022
Artybonito
The Azueï Movement is a collective of artists spanning the shared island of Hispaniola, home to Haïti and the Dominican...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2022
Hjemve: Vocal Music from Folldal
How can you not fall for an opening track which begins with the words ‘Bom-bom, bom-bom, didde-lidde-lei’? It dances, carefree,...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2022
Changys Baglaash
Khöömei Beat are a young Tyvan (also spelt Tuvan) quintet formed in 2017 who have grown up witnessing the acclaim...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: March/2022
Tous les Parfums
Solia (Sun) is Raquel Gigot (accordion) and Marielle Vancamp (nyckelharpa) from Belgium. The duo’s debut digs into the repertoire of...
Reviewed by Anne Girard in issue: March/2022
Wood & Steel
This is a simple, but fascinating meeting of French jazz flautist Joce Mienniel playing a Western Boehm-system classical flute and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2022
