Reviews
Fly Around
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
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
This is Tehran?
Getting their music heard outside of Iran can be tricky for artists working in the oppressive environment enforced by the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2021
YITA (Deep Water)
Ivorian-American singer Fely Tchaco released her fifth album on International Women’s Day (March 8), a gesture intended to underline its...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2021
Bennesbeh Labokra… Chou?
This is an interesting release – Ziad Rahbani is the son of Lebanon’s foremost diva, Fairuz, and her husband, Assi...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2021
Versos Do Mundo
The ‘Verses of the World’ of the title are the texts and songs for Mess’ third album, which the Afro-Brazilian...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2021
Distant Mountains
Recorded live in concert at the Morgenland Festival in Osnabrück, Germany, Distant Mountains is an album of duets by Chinese...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2021
The Silver Sun
Although recorded in less than a single day, there is nothing rushed or hurried about Eamon O’Leary’s characteristically laid-back third...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2021
