Reviews
Molende
Sticking true to the experimentalism of Nyege Nyege Tapes’ releases, Titi Bakorta’s debut album, Molende, gathers vastly distinct soundscapes and...
Reviewed by Nick Hann in issue: November/2023
Switched On
Puerto Rican dubmeister Pachyman left San Juan for Los Angeles a while back, took his Latin Caribbean roots with him...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2023
La Novia
An album of Sephardic and traditional songs from Puglia’s La Cantiga de la Serena, a trio made up of Fabrizio...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2023
Un Nuevo Amanecer
Pedro Ricardo & Damián Botigué
A debut collaboration from Spain that fuses tradition with modern ‘broken beat’ Latin music. Pedro Ricardo, originally from Portugal, and...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2023
Glimmer
Nils Økland & Sigbjørn Apeland
Hardanger fiddle player and violinist Nils Økland and harmonium player Sigbjørn Apeland have been making music together for 30 years,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2023
Britadeira
This seasoned Brazilian musician and producer’s first solo album seems designed to divide opinion but challenge indifference. The minimalist minute-long...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/February/2024
Not So Deep as a Well
For Québec-based musician, Myriam Gendron, it started with a book – a 1936 anthology of the poetry of Dorothy Parker,...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: January/February/2024
