Reviews

Guerrilla

Nazar

It is difficult to listen to Nazar's music without an appreciation of the enduring pain caused by the Angolan civil...

Reviewed in issue June/2020

Ludi

Chassol

Chassol has been refining his compositional style for nearly a decade. His ‘ultrascore’ approach incorporates sounds as part of a...

Reviewed in issue June/2020

Bleu de Lune

Zoufris Maracas

This Franco-Algerian bunch of latter-day troubadours was discovered busking on the streets of Paris. Their live shows are renowned and...

Reviewed in issue June/2020

Bread and Jam

LaLlamas

If your taste leans toward finely cra.ed, casually philosophical, quirkily upbeat acoustic roots music with a dash of global funk,...

Reviewed in issue June/2020

Gnawa Electric Laune

Rabii Harnoune & VB Kühl

This is an album that has me very much in two minds. It's a fusion of Gnawa music from Morocco...

Reviewed in issue June/2020

Connexion

Peppino D'Agostino

With his first solo album in six years, the US-based Italian guitarist and composer puts his warm, ear-enveloping signature tone...

Reviewed in issue June/2020

Hypernova

Jiggy

This seven-piece collective are back with their much anticipated second album following the success of their debut, Translate, in 2017....

Reviewed in issue June/2020

My Enemy, My Love

Mentrix

Iranian-born singer Mentrix's debut combines rhythms of the daf (frame drum) with haunting Gothic melodies and engaging electronics. Opener ‘Nature’...

Reviewed in issue June/2020

Refuge

Sultans of String

Through the medium of slick folk fusion, Refuge delivers a message of tolerance towards immigrants and refugees. The Canadian-based Sultans...

Reviewed in issue June/2020

Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn

Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn

While her husband Béla Fleck has been busily recording with African musicians, Abigail Washburn has forged a productive collaboration with...

Reviewed in issue June/2020