Reviews
Dirt is Good
Perhaps we can forego debating the tastiness of the mouse-on-a-stick, a Malawi delicacy hawked by this eight-piece combo when they...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Apr/May/2014
Tropikadelic
Ireke (meaning ‘Sugar Cane’ in Yoruba) are a French duo with musical bona fides and a range of friends to...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2023
Soldater og Redelig Sjømenn
If you're seeking an earthy slice of Norwegian life, look no further. The title translates as ‘Soldiers and Honest Sailors’;...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2020
From the Ground
Laura-Beth Salter & Ali Hutton
Nature now can be attributed as a band member on albums and songs, and it should see royalties pour down...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2024
Hiva
Ahmad Al Khatib & Kaveh Mahmudiyan
Ahmad Al Khatib and Kaveh Mahmudiyan have created Hiva, an album of traditional Ottoman-styled oud and percussion commissioned by Global...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: June/2024
Fruta Madura
The Amsterdam-based Latin six-piece return for a second album of high tempo, impossible-not-to-love psychedelic electronica. Taking inspiration from retro Afro-Cuban...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: September/2024
In a Sea of Stars
It’s gutsy to start off a live fiddle album with a ten-minute absolute barn-burner suite, but klezmer fiddler Zoë Aqua...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: August/2025
Swar Lahari
Composer Avra Banerjee’s latest album draws, as is characteristic of his work, predominantly on his South Asian roots, but with...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: August/2025
Of Time
Ethio-jazz- and Afrobeat-inspired groups are a ubiquitous presence at music festivals these days, with new album releases appearing year after...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: February/March/2026
Al Wahem
PRAED is an amalgamation of Raed Yassin (electronics, vocals) and Paed Conca (clarinets, bass, samples), from Lebanon and Switzerland respectively,...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2026
