Reviews
Tombouctou
If you Like your desert blues raw and unmediated and think Tinariwen are over-produced, then AL Bilali Soudan is for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
Matricular una Galera
Barcelona's transformation into the definitive postmodern metropolis might well be complete with the release of Matricular una Galera. Though hailing...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2020
Hedûr: Solace of Time
If you have seen Aynur in Crossing the Bridge, the successful 2005 documentary by Fatih Akin about music in Istanbul,...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: July/2020
Fortuna
For a band that makes the bold claim to being ‘the one and only’ Amsterdam Klezmer Band, the outfit has...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2020
Cumulus Spores
Masters of reimagined improvised music, Ana Kravanja and Samo Kutin might be better known for their excellent work as Širom...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: July/2020
Kwetu
This is the debut from an extremely versatile singer and guitarist from Kenya. Fadhilee Itulya's music is a modern fusion...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2020
I Used to Be Sad & Then I Forgot
Professional photographer-turned-singer-songwriter Mr Alec Bowman may have swapped the darkroom for the recording studio but it still doesn't seem to...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: July/2020
Átimo
There has been an intriguing Sweden-Salvador, Brazil connection establishing itself of late, with Swedish producer Sebastian Notini working with Tiganá...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2020
Rhythms of Tof Miriam
If, like me, you have a reptile-brain suspicion of recordings that bring together New Age sensibilities with world drums and...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2020
