Reviews
Balkan Beats SoundLab
You can certainly pass a pleasant enough hour listening, dancing or jogging to this. It's a kind of wantonly random...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2013
Twenty Live!
As the title suggests, this album is a celebration of, and love-in for, the Welsh five-piece Mabon and the fans...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2018
Mokuy
Two years on from their exquisite self-titled 2021 debut album (five stars in #172), the Hand To Earth ensemble –...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2024
Vaivaik
From Taiwan, Sauljaljui is one of the island’s strongest vocalists, hailing from the aboriginal Paiwan people. She performed an impressive...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2025
Inch’Allah Baby
Temenik Electric won plaudits for their robust blend of Maghreb styles with rock, pop and electronic sounds on 2013 debut...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015
Mucho Gusto
Acid Coco are a Colombian duo whose careers have led them to the US, Europe and beyond. Before the formation...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2020
Cultura Impura
Bands from the Minas Gerais, such as Ctnexão Tribal African Beat, have been offering choice meetings of Afro-beat and Brazilian...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Alde
Alde, meaning ‘swell’ in English, perfectly sums up the feel of this debut solo album from Hardanger fiddle player Benedicte...
Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: July/2012
