Reviews
Godless Ceremony
Islandman supplies slick multi-layered atmospheric down-tempo electronica with an ethno touch. Featuring musicians from all over the globe, the title...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2021
Songs of Exile
Albums by the Brussels-based Algerian singer and songwriter Abderrahmane Abdelli are as rare as an oasis in the desert –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2021
Outstanding
Outstanding was recorded by a Montréal-based group of Canadian and Cuban musicians, Timba MM (pronounced ‘timba emmay emmay’). The accompanying...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2021
Sounds of Sudan
Bristol-based oud players Ali Elmubarak and Knud Stüwe came together as Nabra in 2015 to explore a shared love of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2021
Ghost Owl
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow
It's boom time for bird-themed music. Folksinger Sam Lee has his nightingales project; composer Cosmo Sheldrake's Wake Up Calls samples...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: November/2021
Shindu Shi
On his previous album, Kenyan musician Fadhilee Itulya celebrated the dance music of Western Kenya's Isukha and Idakho communities. His...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2021
Unbounded (Abaad)
Inspired by Hindustani classical lineage and by John McLaughlin's fusions with Shakti alike, the 45-year old Indian sitarist Purbayan Chatterjee...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2021
Tapes of Utopia
This cassette (which is also available as a download, obviously) brims with infectious music, lyrics and a hard-wired utopian variety...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2021
