Reviews

Hikikomori

La Chicana

Acho Estol and Dolores Solá have spent 25 years revivifying tango and other Argentinian and international musical genres with wit,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2021

SMS for Location, Vol 4

Moonshine

Montréal has been at the forefront of club culture in Canada for some time now: from multi-arts practice in Ausgang...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2021

Gandhi

Rão Kyao

Rão Kyao was actually born João Gorjão Jorge and was a key figure in the local Portuguese jazz scene in...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2021

Pajavasara

Perttula

We all have days when we believe we can split rocks and are immortal (don’t we?). If so, look no...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2021

Wolf Rune

Sinikka Langeland

Being in a room with Sinikka Langeland is like being charmed into a northern forest under a night sky. Her...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2021

Santuario/Sanctuary

VARIOUS ARTISTS

If you wanted a snapshot of contemporary Latin American music in the UK at this moment, then you couldn’t ask...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2021

Fly Around

Water Tower

If a mash-up of bluegrass, folk, punk and psychedelia sounds tasty to your ears, Fly Around is your bowl of...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2021

Vol 1

Sebastião Tapajos & Pedro dos Santos

In the early 70s, Brazilian guitarist Tapajos booked some sessions at Buenos Aires’ ION studios, sometimes dubbed the ‘Abbey Road...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2021

Comorian: We Are an Island, but We’re Not Alone

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This is an oddball of an album. Produced by Ian Brennan – of Tinariwen fame – this release is as...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2021

Distancer

Hiatus

British-Iranian musician Hiatus (Cyrus Shahrad) began the musical exploration of his heritage in 2005, aft er discovering his father’s record...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2021