Reviews
Nayda!
Nayda, or ‘waking up,’ was the word given to the alternative music scene 2000s in the wake of the Arab...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
To Know Without Knowing
Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience
This is the second album that Mulatu Astatke, one of the fathers of Ethio-jazz, has recorded with ‘BJX’, the 12-piece...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Istanbul
Given that Frankfurt DJ and producer Shantel had already gone to his ancestral home in the old borderlands of the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
No Summer
Welcome to the Radie Peat academy of drone singing, for the powerful example of Lankum and how they have turned...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Travesseiro Feliz
Travesseiro Feliz (Happy Pillow) opens with a Brazilian alt-rock groove, setting the stage for the psychedelic fusion this album promises....
Reviewed by Charlie Long in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Folk Music of China Vol 6: Folk Songs of China's Tajik & Russian Minorities
You would be forgiven for mistaking this album for one from the former Soviet Union. It is instead music by...
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Night Off
Night Off, the debut album from Glasgow-based County Durham folk musician Luc McNally, is a highly accomplished affair. Having built...
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
A Golden Thread
Pete Morton is unashamedly old school – in the best possible way. He's a fine singer, with a relaxed but...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Norcabo
From Cape Verde, Ary Morais presents Norcabo, a portrait of his present life in Norway, showcasing the sounds of his...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
