Reviews
Orava: Panorama of Folk Song and Music Culture
This double-CD and booklet is the first in a series of six important archival releases of traditional Slovak music. Orava...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2021
Impressions, Improvisations and Compositions
The standard piano is a limited instrument, with each key tuned to a pitch exactly the same distance from its...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: May/2021
early bird // night owl
With their third album, early bird // night owl, Dowally deliver yet another exciting and eclectic release. Over the last...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2021
Songs from Home
There are three Polish women at the heart of Toronto-based band Polky, and Songs from Home refers both to their...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2021
Acoustic (Live)
Hailing from Saint-Étienne’s Algerian community, Dub Inc grew to fame on French radio waves with a unique fusion of reggae,...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: May/2021
Rough Guide to Avant-Garde Japan
Defining exactly what is or is not ‘avant-garde’ music is an impossible task, with not even close to a consensus...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: May/2021
Nocturne
Born in Marseilles to Afro-Caribbean parents, Walters has enjoyed a varied career from founding the French electro hip-hop collective Zimpala...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021
Echoes of Africa
The Invisible Session’s debut album came out in 2006 and now, just 15 years later, the follow-up is hot on...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2021
Draft
Despite growing up in the small town of Anogia on the island of Crete, also home to such famous Greek...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: May/2021
