Reviews
Alegrià e Libertà
Lucilla Galeazzi, Didier Laloy, Ialma, Carlo Rizzo and Maarten Decombel
This feels like a convivial affair – a motley group of musicians coming together, jamming, finding they get along really...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Batik
Gabriele Poso was born in Italy but has a musical understanding that is global in reach. This is owing to...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Egeland Edén Marin Vol 1
Ånon Egeland, Mats Edén & Mikael Marin
It's hard to believe that three of Scandinavia's most outstanding folk musicians are together here as a trio for the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Holy Colony: Burning Acres
New Zealand Māori singer Troy Kingi has an ambitious idea of recording ten albums over ten years in ten different...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
180° The Remixes
Mulele Matondo's most recent record with Kongo Dia Ntotila was released earlier this year. Entitled 360°, it was a truly...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Strange Days
Former Transglobal Underground singer and BBC Radio 3 World Music Award winner Natacha Atlas is well known for combining electro-acoustic...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Tabhair Mo Ghrá Go Conamara (Bring My Love to Connemara)
I doubt there will be a more evocative, or valuable, Irish traditional music disc released this year than this spellbinding...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Sahari
Born in the Saharawi refugee camps of Algeria, Aziza has made waves across the world with her music, bringing attention...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Alep-Brest
Aleppo in northern Syria has lived through tragedy. Its name now resonates with the pain of a brutal war, which...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
