Reviews
The Kasambwe Brothers
In 2024, The Kasambwe Brothers made their first trip out of Malawi, taking their street music from the township of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2026
La Noche
Radio Tarifa were one of the great Spanish bands of the 90s, their blend of Spanish, North African and medieval...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: January/2026
Nexus
Iranian percussionist Mohammad Reza Mortazavi is a master of traditional Persian instruments, the tombak (a goblet drum) and the daf...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/2026
Small Room In Dakar
Multi-instrumentalist Ben Aylon has long been inspired by the music of Senegal. Studying for over a decade with the sabar...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: January/2026
Dreaming In Gamelan
This Canadian venture follows a long line of music that has been inspired by the Indonesian gamelan, but has moved...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/2026
Rituals
Mariama Ndure is a Norwegian artist born to Gambian parents, and a jazz-loving Berklee College of Music graduate who has...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: January/2026
Radio Zodiak
Intercontinental musical collective Owls Are Not brings together musicians from Poland, Malawi and Tanzania in the name of intrepid sonic...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: January/2026
Life & Time
Two Grammy-winning songwriters – one a former NFL footballer, Mike Reid, whose heavily grained voice carries these songs, and the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2025
