Reviews
The Loft Tapes
Sheffield-based Mishra were founded by Ford Collier and Kate Griffin using money from the first Christian Raphael prize to foster...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Gypsybilly King
Canada's Adrian Raso won international prominence when he got together with Romanian brass band Fanfare Ciocărlia in 2014 to create...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Together We Stand
It's been ten years since Abraham Inc's first album Tweet Tweet and, given the impact it still has now, any...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Handfuls of Night
There are multiple associations that weave around this fourth studio album from Penguin Cafe, Arthur Jefes' successor ensemble to his...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Batik
Gabriele Poso was born in Italy but has a musical understanding that is global in reach. This is owing to...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
180° The Remixes
Mulele Matondo's most recent record with Kongo Dia Ntotila was released earlier this year. Entitled 360°, it was a truly...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Strange Days
Former Transglobal Underground singer and BBC Radio 3 World Music Award winner Natacha Atlas is well known for combining electro-acoustic...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Wings
Knowing nothing about this seven-piece, save that it hailed from Hungary and appeared to have a religious bent, on first...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
New Luk Tung
This album is the latest Thai release from Japan's EM Records and marks a departure from previous reissues of Thai...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Doomsday Survival Kit
Don't be fooled by the short tracklisting on Lebanese duo Praed's fourth album. The four tracks near an hour of...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
