Reviews

Ahlam

NES

NES are an intriguing trio. Formed in Valencia, Spain, they are fronted by a remarkable and versatile singer, Nesrine Belmokh....

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Air Fàir an Là

Niteworks

The follow-up to Niteworks' critically acclaimed debut album NW is a beautifully produced and exciting album with some fresh and...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Rádio Kriola

Catarina Dos Santos

The idea could have proved a little too ambitious, but the truth is that in a single grasp Catarina Dos...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

El Coro de Mi Gente

Amparanoia

All the tracks of this album – Amparanoia's ninth – feature a big-name guest from the Hispanic music world, including...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Divinities of the Earth and the Waters

Mimika Orchestra

Impish laughter, ethereal percussion and a lone flute open this pan-Slavic album, described – unusually – as the narrative to...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

City Beats

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The impact of the revolutions that swept the Arab world since 2010 on its musicians have rarely been chronicled or...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Listen

Nitish Kulkarni

American-born of Indian heritage, Nitish Kulkarni took a Masters degree in music production at the Berklee Campus in Valencia, Spain....

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Pontos

Oi Dipnoi

Dipnoi are living fossils: fish furnished with rudimentary lungs (which is why they're also called lung fish), allowing them to...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Tongue & Groove

The Andrew Collins Trio

This is in fact two albums released together. Tongue and Groove are one disc of songs with vocals and a...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Kulku

SANS

SANS create exotic music. Kulku – the quintet's debut studio album (following a live record as a quartet in 2014)...

Reviewed in issue October/2018