Reviews
Mapambazuko
Nyege Nyege are known for avant-garde releases. This record is no different. Titi Bakorta and Ale Hop join forces to...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: February/March/2025
Echoes of Resistance
Has it really been two years since the release of Raz & Afla’s The Cycle? It must be, because here’s...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: February/March/2025
For the Dreams
Ever since they began releasing hit singles in 2020, culminating in their self-titled 2022 debut album, it’s been impossible not...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2024
NARA
The second album from Indigenous Warnindhilyagwa singer-songwriter Emily Wurramara displays the growth of her music since 2016’s Black Smoke EP...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2024
Niebla
From Medellín to Montréal… Multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Alexander Betancur moved from his native Colombia to Canada in 2005. Since then,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2025
Nu Sta Li
Following in the footsteps of influential groups like Bulimundo, Luxembourg-based Cape Verdeans Grupo Pilón have been updating the funaná genre...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/2025
Retumba La Tierra
Calle Mambo are a five-piece band that combine traditional Chilean instrumentation with synthesizers and modern flourishes to create a hybrid...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: August/2025
Cold Blows the Wind
The assured trio of Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne on melodeon, concertina and vocals, singer and guitarist George Sansome and violinist Lewis Wood...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2025
