Reviews
Ragas from Lahore
The musical pilgrimage route from West to East may be well-trodden, but it does not typically run through Woking. Little...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
Trouble Fête
A collaboration between Belgian/African rapper Badi and producer Boddhi Satva, this politically charged record is for the disenchanted optimist. Composed...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
We Are Many
Soothsayers – essentially, the duo of trumpeter Robin Hopcraft and saxophonist Idris Rahman working with a shifting ensemble of musicians...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
The Good Noise
The latest release from Me Lost Me, the musical project of British artist Jayne Dent, is an extraordinarymélange of field...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
Osmanity
Like rats jumping a sinking ship, world beat DJs have ditched the Balkans in favour of sounds further afield —...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
Yallah Mickey Mouse
Cyril Yeterian (better known as the accordion playing frontman for Cajun blues band Mama Rosin) and fellow Genevan avant-garde experimentalist...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
LateNightTales
Back in 2013, the hugely popular DJ, Bonobo, included a song from a then unknown Houston psych-funk group on his...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
Transe de Papier
Welcome to a world of poetry nourished by multiple musical influences from various remote corners of the planet. The latest...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
Safe Passage
Fresh out of touring as bandleader for Pimps of Joytime, and a collaboration with CedricBurnside, multi-instrumentalist Brian J explores instrumental...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
Falling Out of Time
Since the Silkroad Ensemble was established by Yo-Yo Ma 20 years ago, its ever- shifting ensemble have created a global...
Reviewed in issue January/2021
