Reviews
The Pendulum Swing
Katherine Priddy’s sophomore set is an intimate, emotive, interconnected album of tableaux that encompasses the past, and past loves, and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2024
Habitat
Habitat is the fourth album by C’Mon Tigre, the enigmatic world music collective that has been defying boundaries of genre...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: April/2024
Where the River Bends is Only the Beginning
This is the 12th volume in ten years in Glitterbeat’s Hidden Musics series, all recorded by Ian Brennan in his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2024
Social Limbo
This is the second album from Opez, led by guitarist Massi Amadori, and one which continues their exploration into melancholic...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2024
Joola Jazz
Eight years since the release of his previous record Alien Cartoon, Senegalese electro-jazz artist IBAAKU has returned with a stunning...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: April/2024
Esengo
Given that Afrobeat was born out of a creative culture clash – funk meeting highlife for a riotous party –...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2024
The Yew & The Orchard
Cillian Vallely & David Doocey
The long tradition of music flowing between the east and west of Ireland’s northern counties is nimbly caught in The...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2024
Dream
US-based bandleader of Mitra Sumara, Yvette Massoudi, covers 60s and 70s Iranian pop. Notably she pays tribute to the popular...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: April/2024
Hizbut Jámm
Polish guitarist and composer Raphael Rogiński has been busy. In September his solo album, Talàn, garnered rave reviews from all...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: April/2024
Family Beyond Blood
Accordionist Almir Mešković was born in Bosnia and violinist Daniel Lazar in Serbia; both grew up steeped in Balkan folk...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2024
