Reviews
Zanzibara 8: Chungu
The taarab music of Zanzibar is one of the glories of Africa and has a history stretching back over a...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2014
Tall Tales & Misadventures
Album number three from the Irish five-piece Goitse (the name is an informal Irish greeting, meaning ‘come here’) follows 2012's...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2015
Chinmaya Dunster presents… MELA: Beyond Tradition
There is no doubting the devotion with which sarod player Chinmaya Dunster, the progenitor of MELA, approaches his musical projects....
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2021
Haneen
Brickwork Lizards describe themselves as an Arabic jazz-folk ensemble. Based in Oxford, the ten-strong group have released their second record,...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: May/2018
Yeni Dunya
Honed on the streets of Istanbul, the message of Light in Babylon comes out loud and clear, across time and...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: April/2017
Orange Sunshine
There is a good reason why the initial physical release of Susso Seki Singh's Orange Sunshine is vinyl only. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2018
Ziggy Marley
Bob Marley's most prolific son, Ziggy Marley, returns with a sixth studio album, aiming to put the world to rights...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Cladaich Loch Iù
Cladaich Loch Iù marks the debut of Gaelic singer and West Coast native Steven MacÌomhair and a pleasant enough, if...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2020
Light
Midival Punditz consist of Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj, the pioneering electronica artists who have been described as ‘India's Chemical...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
