Reviews
Alondra
Gao Hong & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde
Following her award-winning 2023 album with kora-player Kadialy Kouyate, US-based Chinese pipa virtuoso Gao Hong returns with a new duo...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2024
Ago
Brought together by Peter Solo of Togolese funk band Vaudou Game, the five members of Nana Benz grew up in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
Sankofa
Thandiswa Mazwai burst onto the global music scene as the charismatic frontwoman of Bongo Maffin, pioneers of South African kwaito,...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2024
Broadside Ballads Vol III
Canadian band The Deep Dark Woods have been around for years with their own rootsy indie folk, but a lot...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: August/2024
Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! Vol 2
While the first volume of Vampisoul’s panoramic survey of Colombian cumbia focused on Discos Fuentes, the follow-up lights up the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/2024
Uddevalla
Glasgow-based singer and fiddle player Collier’s debut album Uddevalla is a strikingly global and atmospheric selection of songs and tunes...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: August/2024
Ambra e Corallo
Neapolitan singer-songwriter Edoardo Florio di Grazia is based in Paris and has a soft heart for singers like Lucio Dalla...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: August/2024
Suomiklezmer2
Hop on the last metro out of Helsinki city centre. Nighttime revelries fade away as the doors slide closed and...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2024
Skydancers
‘The bird completes the skyline’ is a refrain in the title-track of Martin Simpson’s new album. Simpson loves birds; a...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: August/2024
Night Reign
Aftab’s 2021 album Vulture Prince transcended art music obscurity to enjoy blanket broadsheet coverage. It won the Pakistani-American artist a...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: August/2024
