Arşivplak, meaning ‘Records from the Archives’ has come out with an 11-track instrumental compilation of popular Anatolian psych tracks, mainly...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2020
Given the current situation in Brazil, you cannot help but trip on the words Mateus Aleluia sings in the opening...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2020
When Sun Ra dared to knock on the door of the cosmos in 1979 whoever let him in didn’t close...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: November/2020
Clarinettist David Krakauer played with The Klezmatics before forging a distinctive solo career that pushes at the boundaries of many...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2020
How does a region’s traditional music survive its own commercial success? Apparently overwhelmed by the touristic boom of pizzica, Apulian...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: November/2020
In the two decades and more since the 18-year-old Joachim Cooder played percussion alongside Ry Cooder on Buena Vista Social...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020
Globe-trotting producer Captain Planet calls his personal style ‘gumbo funk’ – all manner of flavours brought together and bubbled into...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2020
This is an unusual and adventurous project in which two bands have been formed in order to re-imagine a mixture...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2020
These are difficult days in Mali, with political upheaval adding to the problems brought by COVID-19, but great music is...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2020
Senegalese singer Modou Touré has big shoes to fill as the son of Ousmane Touré, lead singer of the legendary...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2020
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