Reviews

We Are Many

Soothsayers

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

Me Lost Me

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

Balkan Bump

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 Cyril

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

Khruangbin

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

Lo'Jo

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

Gitkin

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

Silkroad Ensemble

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

Vana

Ross Ainslie

Originally a piper, on this, the sequel to his 2017 album, Sanctuary, the Treacherous Orchestra’s Ross Ainslie again flexes his...

Reviewed in issue January/2021

Mirla

Monte

Nature has often been an inspiration for Bomba Estéreo, a handful of tracks from their albums Elegancia Tropical and Amanecer...

Reviewed in issue January/2021