Reviews

Another World of Okinawan Music

Aragaki Mutsumi

On her debut, Okinawan musician Mutsumi reimagines the soundscapes of her native island as an electro-acoustic experience. Having studied with...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: March/2021

Tides

Grand Tapestry

A collaboration between LA rapper Eligh and Indian sarod player Alam Khan, Tides is the second such album from the...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: January/2021

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