Reviews
Diamond in the Rough
Following 2017's The Things That Matter, 19th Street Band deliver Diamond in the Rough, a nine-track showcase for the core...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
In D
After their extraordinary recording of Terry Riley's In C in 2017, the eclectic New York-based collective known as BRM follow...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
The Tunis Diaries
This is a sprawling double album from the highly cosmopolitan and experimental Tunisian-born, New York-based singer-songwriter Emel. Hot on the...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Lonely Hymns and Pillars of Emptiness
Conceived in isolation during the spring of 2020, this recording is the solo debut by multi-instrumentalist Iztok Koren (of Širom...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
La Gouache
In 2000, Parisian band Java gave traditional bal-musette (French accordion music) a 21st-century makeover, adding the lyrics of Erwan Séguillon...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Medicine Man Orchestra
An unlikely sonic collision, Medicine Man Orchestra brings together the divergent universes of electronic sound design (Alissa Syllah), West African...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Horisonten
Although Fågel Roc are a Stockholm group and often sing in Swedish, their original songs incorporate elements of varied global...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Les Mamans du Congo & RRobin
Blending any sort of traditional music with electronic effects is always a risk. Meanings may be lost, or rhythms diluted....
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Sufi Dub Brothers
Ashraf Sharif Khan & Viktor Marek
Sufi Dub Brothers is a fun, yet superficial, album of Ibiza-esque beats and sitar improvisation, superimposing Pakistani/Indian classical music on...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Sentimento Popolare Vol 2
Milanese singer and actress Camilla Barbarito developed a passion for world music early in life, touring Mali and other parts...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
