Reviews

Char Taal and a Raga Rainbow

Rakkatak

These days North India is far from the only place you can find examples of the Hindustani music associated with...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2021

God’s Plenty

Padang Food Tigers

Ambient duo Padang Food Tigers do not equip listeners with a map to navigate their signature fusion of found sound,...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/February/2022

Afterlife

The Three Seas

Aussie saxophonist Matt Keegan has spearheaded an extraordinary fusion on Afterlife, combining Indian folk voice and verse with buoyant baritone...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2022

Kohesia

Kate Pass

Kohesia provides an unlikely connection between Perth and Persia. Inspired by ex-pat Iranian musicians such as vocalist Tara Tiba, Australian...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2018

Yoshitsune

PoiL Ueda

Yoshitsune is a concept album that hits like a comic book punch. The psychedelic hard-rock of French group PoiL proves...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: March/2024

Comfort Food

Kiran Ahluwalia

Indo-Canadian singer Kiran Ahluwalia has flown somewhat under the radar in Europe, winning Songlines’ 2009 Best Newcomer award only after...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2024

Saar

Estbel

This quartet could be said to be a kind of quintet, their phantom fifth member being the Baltic island of...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: March/2018

Ergo

Zhen Chen

Piano wunderkind Zhen Chen has an ambitious mission: to forge a new style of music that chimes with a generation...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Gharnata

Luis de la Carrasca

Gharnata takes its name from the Arabic for Granada, capital city of flamenco. Singer Luis de la Carrasca has long...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2019

Folklórica

Lars Bech Pilgaard

Folklórica is a dispatch from the world of Danish experimental guitar. It contends that the instrument has under-explored potential, which...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: September/2024