Reviews
Boring & Weird Historical Music
As hard to categorise as it is to stop listening to, Boring & Weird Historical Music is a genre-defying aural...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: October/2020
Friends & Family of Hawai’i
With four Grammy nominations and numerous local awards to her credit, vocalist Amy Hanaiali’i Gilliom is Hawaii’s best-selling female artist....
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2010
Is That So?
John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain
John McLaughlin sparked a paradigm shift in the East-West fusion genre with his 1970s group Shakti. He is seeking another...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2020
Puro Tayta Shanti
From the first moments of this compilation, it's impossible not to feel transported to another plane. The repetitive, hammering bass...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2019
Land of My Other
Land of My Other is the third studio album from The Breath, a partnership between singer Ríoghnach Connolly and ex-Cinematic...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2023
De Ayer Para Siempre
Don't put this on first thing in the morning (like I did), especially if you're nursing, say, a tequila hangover...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2019
MTMTMK
The combination of the Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya and the London-based electro production team Radioclit made The Very Best's debut...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Avant Folk II
This is Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli’s follow-up to 2018’s original Avant Folk album, reuniting the same ten-piece ensemble. Its four...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2021
Kudu Bisa Kudu
The French drummer Guigou Chenevier was a founder member of the prog-punk-jazz pioneers Etron Fou Leloublan in 1973. Here he...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: August/September/2022
