Reviews
Babani Koné
I'm always wary when I read that an artist wants to ‘broaden their audience’ and make an ‘international’ album –...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2020
Sand Enigma
Sun Ra Arkestra colliding with Arabic tropes and urban Cairo grit, Land of Kush almost literally smashes itself onto the...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: March/2020
Dai Raft
When Afghan Hazara musician Hamid Sakhizada fled his country and moved to Norway in 2016, he found not only a...
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: March/2020
Music in Me/Nziyo Dziri Mandiri
Gera's 2016 song ‘Chema Zimbabwe’ (Cry Zimbabwe) was a heartfelt critique of the deteriorating economic and political situation in his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2020
Imaginary Soundtrack
The newest album by the prolific Copenhagen-based composer Paolo Russo is inspired by music for the films of his native...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Cairo Moon
This exciting album is rooted in a rich Middle Eastern soundscape. It's performed by a Canada-based quartet of musicians hailing...
Reviewed by Shukri Habib Ali in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Esantronics
This is the debut recording of the Dutch-Isan (North-east Thai, also spelled Esan) hybrid music collective, which was recorded at...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Pour Me A Grog: The Funaná Revolt in 1990s Cabo Verde
Anyone who has come across Madonna's latest album may have noticed the singer's recent love affair with Cape Verdean music....
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Diwan
Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson
East meets West, a musical plot line as near-universal as boy meets girl, provides the basis for this new collaboration...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Lust
Louisa Lyne & Di Yiddishe Kapelye
Winning Der Idisher Idol 2019 has brought Louisa Lyne and her group Di Yiddishe Kapelye into prominence. Released on September...
Reviewed by Fiona Mactaggart in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
