Reviews
Social Limbo
This is the second album from Opez, led by guitarist Massi Amadori, and one which continues their exploration into melancholic...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2024
L’Âge d’Or
One of the key Western artistic concerns of the 19th century was the positioning of poets as spiritual leaders, equal...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: April/2025
What Pop People Folk This Popular
The most bravely inventive folk band in Australia is moving on. Famed for their re-working of self-described ‘darker, stranger’ traditional...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2025
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Vōytek (The Bear)
Klezmer has a rebel soul and this is certainly not absent in Tantz's debut album. The fact that they have...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Octophilia
KermesZ à l’Est are extraordinary mash-up merchants. Their name is invented to sound Eastern European and the eight-piece Belgian band...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2023
The Lions We Are
Dantchev:Domain | DANTCHEV:DOMAIN
Atmospheric and cinematic, The Lions We Are is a journey across spaces and sensations. Permeated by a playful experimentalism, this...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: August/September/2022
Soukabbè Mali
Hailing from Bandiagara on Mali's Dogon plateau, Sékou Bah's impressive track record includes several years playing in Salif Keita's band,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018
Super Parquet
We first profiled Super Parquet two years ago (in #134); now they're finally here with a debut to follow 2015's...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2020
Our World in Song
Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho
“What would it sound like,” pondered Wu Man, “if I played folk songs from around the world such as ‘Frère...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Senegalesa
Senegalese griot styles, Cuban sassiness, Afro-funk power, slamming dance floor beats and swirling layers of electronica are all thrown into...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2014
