Reviews

Els Ignorants

Rumba Vella

Three of the five musicians in the Barcelona-based Rumba Vella are part of Rumbamazigha (reviewed in #77), a project that...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Taranta Project

Ludovico Einaudi

From the suspenseful orchestral arrangement and accordion drone that opens this diverse, deeply engaging album, it's obvious that this Turin-born...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: July/2015

Barely Ann-Mari

Irina Björklund & Pauanne

Peacemaker is a successful Finnish TV series starring Finnish singer and actress Irina Björklund in the leading role of Ann-Mari...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/2021

Pan

Grupo Pan

Fans of Venezuelan rock (and there should be more) will be eager to snap up this long out-of-print jewel, originally...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: November/2023

Maatakitj

Maatakitj

Following up on his 2022 six-track collaboration Noongar Wonderland with Aussie dance music producer Paul Mac (reviewed in #181), Indigenous...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2024

Beats Vol 2

Te Vaka

With over 20 years’ experience of recording and performing both traditional and contemporary Pacific music, Te Vaka have always been...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2020

King Stingray

King Stingray

The debut album from this hot young Arnhem Land band follows on from the success of both their live show,...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2022

Motyle

Tara Fuki

The duo Tara Fuki have been going for 20 years and, having seen them in action, that's something worth celebrating....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2021

Africa Moo Baalu

Sousou & Maher Cissoko

Africa Moo Baalu means ‘Big People of Africa,’ and the album effectively reads as an open letter to leaders in...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2014

Phoresy

Symbio

I have a feeling that Johannes Geworkian and LarsEmil Öjeberget were destined to make music together, regardless of what instruments...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2017