Reviews

Moriah Plaza

Moriah Plaza

Moriah Plaza co-founders Tamir Chen and Moosh Lahav trace the origin of their band's blend of Brazilian soul, Western jazz...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2023

Dream from the Deep Well

Brigid Mae Power

It's an ephemeral and tentatively psychedelic sound that Power delivers on the rather wonderful Dream from the Deep Well. The...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2023

Awakening

Ímar

Glasgow-based Anglo-Iranian Scot Mohsen Amini (concertina) and bandmates Tomas Callister (fiddle), Adam Rhodes (bouzouki), Ryan Murphy (uillean pipes, flute and...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2023

Hajiki Uta

Meiko Kaji

Best known as an actress outside of Japan, Meiko Kaji also enjoyed a successful career as a singer. Much of...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: July/2023

Artemisia

Art Melody

Hailing from Burkina Faso, Art Melody is a farmer by day and rapper and singer by night, bringing a fresh...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2023

IMA

Noga Ritter

Some impressive names join London-based singer Noga Ritter on a debut solo album which blends Hebrew and English vocals, jazz...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2023

Hawksworth

Matt Espy

Perhaps best known as the tub-thumper responsible for the awkward, stumbling funk of art rock weirdos Dead Rider, Matt Espy...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: July/2023

Millions of Us

BCUC

Ten tracks into Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness’ (BCUC) Millions of Us, there's a message from Jovi Nkosi to producer Sam...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: July/2023

Macadam

schroothoop

The Belgian trio schroothoop make their own instruments, recycled from plastic, metal and wood. Their obsession is to construct shadow...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2023

Morîk

Danûk

This is a fascinating debut album from a group of exiled Middle Eastern musicians, mostly Kurdish, who are now based...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2023