Reviews
Tezeta
Hailu Mergia & the Walias Band
The Walias Band are a legendary group. On the frontline of the uniquely Ethiopian brand of jazz and soul during...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2021
Una Mujer de Sal Junto a un Hombre Vuelto Carbón
Another unlikely reissue from the ever colourful portfolio of Spain’s Vampisoul label, this Uruguayan oddity offers some context to their...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2021
European Howl
Agent Starling is an unusual duo, a pairing of hurdy-gurdy player Quentin Budworth with Louise Duffy-Howard (aka Lou Loudhailer). Back...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2021
Spirit of Love
COB is the abbreviation of Clive’s Original Band though Cob, as the trio was sometimes called, is apt. Cob is...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2021
Hunter
Christina Alden & Alex Patterson
Locked down doesn’t mean imaginations are locked up. In Hunter, song inspiration is global, despite being set down and sung...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: July/2021
Navegar
A native Carioca tutored by Wanda Sá and long immersed in Brazilian music, João Selva spent much of his early...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2021
Voice of Flowers: Spring Ragas from India
Baluji Shrivastav is a UK-based Indian classical musician who, although blind from the age of eight months, has gone on...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2021
Sky Songs
Alena Murang is a singer and sapé player from Sarawak on the island of Borneo, Malaysia. One of the indigenous...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2021
Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound
Along with the magnificent Konono No 1, Kasai Allstars played a key role in the Congotronics movement, creating wild, hypnotic...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2021
