Reviews
Chouf!
Now this looks promising. An Algerian rock album recorded at the Real World studios in Wiltshire with the great Justin...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Serenin: From the Black Sea to the Ligurian Sea
Despite appearances this is not a generic fusion but a bridge between specific traditions soundly based on historical and environmental...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Echoes of the Mountains
This and several other new recordings are a collaboration between the Canadian label Analekta and the Centre des Musiciens du...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Sisyphus
The first solo release from accomplished musician Sofia Labropoulou takes its inspiration from a geographically and culturally diverse range of...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Soaked
Their first album, according to this Brussels-based trio of former street musicians, is all about ‘taking a stance and taking...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Transatlântikèr
Kèr, meaning ‘heart’ in Réunionese Creole and ‘village’ or ‘home’ in Breton, leaves the translation of Transatlântikèr up to some...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Radical Raptors
Roberto Zanisi is a well-known virtuoso on a variety of Eastern Mediterranean string instruments, like the bouzouki and cümbüş, with...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Island Catch
This is the second full-length release from Taiwanese pipa player Yufeng and American singer and acoustic guitarist Chen, and the...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Around the Crocodile Pond
Ba Balance are Danish blues-rock guitarist Preben Carlsen and West African percussionist Sal Dibba, and the title of this hard-rocking...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Kiriki Club
A Birmingham-based sextet with backgrounds as various as clowning, dance, theatre and live art (hence a name inspired by Les...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
