Reviews
Dounya
Gnawa Youmala are a multinational and multigenerational Paris-based six-piece, and with this debut, they reshape Moroccan Gnawa music with their...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Reach Out
Festival reggae favourites New Town Kings have a reputation for bringing the party, come rain or shine, and Reach Out...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: July/2018
Native Tongue
Having started her music career fronting the rollicking Australian cabaret band Mojo Juju & The Snake Oil Merchants between 2006...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2019
Basa Ahaide
Basa Ahaide, the debut release from French quartet Haratago, is a tough one to pigeonhole. The project of Basque musician...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: April/2023
Me Chama de Gato Que Eu Sou Sua
A pleasant surprise that the ‘electric chicken’ follows up their Latin Grammy-nominated second LP with an album full of upbeat...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: December/2023
Black Sea Fire
Several things about this record will make the curious listener well disposed to it from the off. Firstly, despite its...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: June/2010
Habibi: Classics & Collaborations
Natacha Atlas’ back-catalogue has been open-cast mined in recent years, with both a Best Of and a cut-price box-set already...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Wapna’kik: The People of the Dawn
The Mi’kmaw people have lived on the eastern coasts of Canada from New Brunswick to Newfoundland since time immemorial, fishing,...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: May/2025
Oh Yeah Habibi
Google the word ‘Arabicana’ and you’ll either find restaurants in Dubai and Edinburgh or a musical style of the same...
Reviewed by Stan Rijven in issue: April/2016
