Reviews
A to Z
This is Atongo Zimba’s first international release after 14 years and he could not have re-entered the musical fray in...
Reviewed by Bram Postumus in issue: January/February/2022
East Pakistan Sky
Following releases on Glitterbeat Records in 2019 and 2020, here is another outstanding recording from the Pakistani master surti singer...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: January/February/2022
Voltaje Raizal
A rhizome is an underground plant stem; recent scientific investigation has shown it to be a secret communications pathway for...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/February/2022
The Wait
Staples on the Australian music scene since the 1980s, when they were prominently featured in The Black Sorrows band, Aussie-Tongan...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2022
Longyin: The Dragon Chants
Cheng Yu with Dennis Kwong Thye Lee
In classical music, the recreation of earlier musical styles has become a genre in itself with what’s now called HIP...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2022
Dionysus vs Tamada
Georgian artist Lasha Chapel has already enjoyed some underground success performing smoky, Anglophone ballads backed by minimal electronic beats. After...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/February/2022
Day by Day
At 83 years old, Blake is poised to take his place in the Americana pantheon. In the 1960s he made...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/February/2022
