Reviews

Alambari

DakhaBrakha

At first glance there is something suspiciously ‘arty’ about DakhaBrakha. Attired in exaggerated folk costumes and oversize black lamb-fur head-gear...

Reviewed in issue July/2020

Maghreb K7 Club: Synth Raï, Chaoui & Staifi (1985-1997)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This compilation is a microcosm of Lyon's Maghreb music scene between 1985-1997. Most of the scene in the said city...

Reviewed in issue June/2020

Palaces

Electric Vocuhila

Electric Vocuhila, a French quartet founded ten years ago in Berlin as part of a musicians’ co-operative, display an impressive...

Reviewed in issue June/2020

Soley

Noukilla

Soley is the first outing of Noukilla, a six-piece group of Mauritian session musicians living in Shanghai who first got...

Reviewed in issue June/2020

In the Parting

Cup O'Joe

Cup O'Joe are the three Agnew siblings from County Armagh who have been making waves on the live circuit since...

Reviewed in issue June/2020

Äiti Maa/Mother Earth

Zäpämmät

Zäpämmät are a Finnish duo, comprising Marjo Smolander (voice, kantele) and Pauliina Kauppila (voice, berimbau, lamellophones and percussion). Their aim...

Reviewed in issue June/2020

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