Reviews
Sand Enigma
Sun Ra Arkestra colliding with Arabic tropes and urban Cairo grit, Land of Kush almost literally smashes itself onto the...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: March/2020
Águia Não Come Mosca
The second album from the Brazilian funk trio Azymuth, now reissued by Mr Bongo, was originally recorded in 1977 and traverses...
Reviewed by Brian Taylor in issue: June/2019
Faerie Fire Dances
Marc Block has been on the folk scene since the mid-1980s, a self-described ‘rootsy Radical Faerie singer of original and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2020
Ayú
Making music with their bodies is ‘what really matters,’ assert this mixed-gender 15-strong collective from São Paulo. While there are...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Sangeet
Sudeshna Bhattacharya & Tanmoy Bose
Sudeshna Bhattacharya, who has been a lecturer in International Management and also teaches Indian classical music at the Norwegian Academy...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: April/2020
True North
Ten years ago, Phillip Henry (best known as one half of the award-winning Devon folk duo, Edgelarks, with Hannah Martin)...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2019
Trouble Fête
A collaboration between Belgian/African rapper Badi and producer Boddhi Satva, this politically charged record is for the disenchanted optimist. Composed...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/2021
The Phosphorescent Blues
Every mention of Chris Thile inevitably describes him as the best mandolin player in the world. Reviews of Punch Brothers’...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2015
Near East Quartet
With its combination of moody grooves, fragile melodies, and near-ambient accompaniment, Near East Quartet offers the sonic set menu of...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: April/2019
