Reviews

Ayom

Ayom

There is always something rather inspiring about someone willing to take destiny into their own hands. That’s clearly the case...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/2021

Skiver

Folkatron Sessions

These sessions – ‘eight musicians, seven days, one experimental folk album from scratch’ – feature a welcomely eclectic mix of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2021

Cretan Smash

Balothizer

Greek folk tales set to thrash metal ‘music from hell’ (that’s how their fans, not their critics, describe them) may...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: January/2021

Unexpected Guests

Toronto Tabla Ensemble

The title-track of Unexpected Guests lives up to the billing. Bagpiper Craig Downie blares dramatically over a boisterous tabla beat....

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2021

Identity

Black Rock Band

Hailing from the mining-tourist town of Jabiru, within the Northern Territory’s incredible Kakadu National Park, Black Rock Band follow up...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/2021

Atlas

Tune In

French production duo (and brothers) Harry and Xavier Veynand have chosen an appropriate title for their first album: it feels...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2021

Aloha Radio Hawaii

VARIOUS ARTISTS

A Chinese label recording vintage Hawaiian music in an ultra-modern California studio, with mostly non-native musicians? Go figure. But despite...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/2021

Red Sonja

Lolomis

Three years on from their second album, Boukane, Lolomis have intensified their ongoing splicing process with a third collection, this...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/2021

Kaladounia

Kaito Winse

In Brussels, Rebel Up! is a promoter, record label and DJ team, as well as being general champions of global...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/2021

Ragas from Lahore

Tenderlonious

The musical pilgrimage route from West to East may be well-trodden, but it does not typically run through Woking. Little...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2021