Reviews

Real Music for Unreal Times: Vol 2

Kumea Sound

Limitations can spark creativity and the global lockdown necessitated by COVID-19 has been nothing if not a limit to musicians....

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Songs of Loss and Healing

Douglas MacGregor

This is the third solo album by accomplished London-based classical guitarist Douglas MacGregor. A deeply personal project, it explores the...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Okan Project

Omer Kringel

Israeli keyboardist Omer Kringel took his recording equipment on the road for five weeks, from Spain to South America, Angola...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Wachaga

Kutiman

Kutiman has a perceptive vision that transforms the everyday into something remarkable. His ThruYou video series cleverly interspersed lo-fi bedroom...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Like the Grass

StaceyJuritz Ravens Keller

Like the Grass is a collaborative work between ‘bow expert’ Cara Stacey, violinist and composer Galina Juritz (both South African),...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

The Dance She Spoke

Duende Libre

Duende Libre's third album, The Dance She Spoke, finds the band's founders – pianist Alex Chadsey, drummer Jeff ‘Bongo’ Busch...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

IV

Baklava

‘I am Istanbul,’ says Elena Hristova, the lead singer of folk-fusion band Baklava. Though she spends much of her time...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

4

Leni Stern

The product of a decade of musical research and cross-continental collaboration, 4 is the fruit of Leni Stern's forays into...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Siphr

Naima Shalhoub

Siphr (Zero) is the first studio album by the Lebanese-American musician, artist and educator Naima Shalhoub. With playing and writing...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

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Populous

Populous is a producer and queer activist from Lecce, a reggae-and-dancehall-loving town on the heel of the boot of Italy,...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020