Reviews
White Nights
As members of the astoundingly energetic Shetland band Fiddler's Bid, Scottish harpist Catriona McKay and fiddler Chris Stout have been...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Bamako Sessions
Invisible System, aka producer and multi-instrumentalist Dan Harper, is best known for his heavy dub-rock takes on Ethiopian music, drafting...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2018
Five Seasons
Best known for his work with the Turkish psych-influenced Şatellites, Itamar Klüger is a multi-instrumentalist with a key role in...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2023
Schoonertown
The curse of the music journalist is that sometimes you just can’t find the words to write about your favourite...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: April/2026
Goldenwings
In #197, I reviewed a reissue of Opa’s abortive first album. With Airto Moreira, the Uruguayan Fattoruso brothers re-recorded for...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024
Heemor (Windhorse Reprise)
Wind Horse, the debut release by Inner Mongolian band Anda Union in 2011, was a Top of the World in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2018
Introducing…
The Introducing series has brought some fabulous artists to wider attention. Its latest is a digital-only release of producer and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2012
La Onda Vampi
Vampisoul really knows how to mash it up. The Spanish label, celebrating a decade this year, has to be one...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2012
Actitud Calle
With a Banksy-style graphic on the cover, a photo from the commemorative marchofthe 40th anniversary of the 1968 student massacre...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
dragonchild
As leader for US group Debo Band, DA Mekonnen mined his ancestral heritage to deliver a spirited and tasteful update...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: June/2023
