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
The Dancing Devils of Djibouti
World music has woken up to the wondrous delights of Somali music over the past few years through reissues of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
