Reviews
Lisané Bahir
Lisané Bahir, the fourth offering from LA-based Ethiopian keys player Kibrom Birhane is an otherworldly set deftly combining tradition with...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: January/2026
Let Us Clap
Lamisi is a singer-songwriter from Accra with roots in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana. The project’s musical director...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2026
Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels
The Battle of the Hotels was a vicious conflict that took place in Beirut at the beginning of the Lebanese...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023
More Notes from the Field
The Devon-based duo have been together – in the gaps between their burgeoning solo careers – since 2014, with an...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2021
Finding Home
Born in Damascus but now based in the UK, Youssef has set out to explore and expand the range of...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2022
Éthiopiques 30: Mistakes on Purpose
For the better part of 20 years, Buda’s Éthiopiques releases have been the go-to series for Ethio-jazz and traditional music...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2017
Gypsy in a Tree
Sanda Weigl has a strong, warm voice with a touch of grit – just right for the lautari Gypsy songs...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2011
The Devil & the Diamond
Back with a pared-down sound and a Buddhist-inspired spiritual bent, Brooklyn fusionists Matuto have ditched the surf guitar that marked...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2013
Cumulus Spores
Masters of reimagined improvised music, Ana Kravanja and Samo Kutin might be better known for their excellent work as Širom...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: July/2020
Momentum
The third album from these three Flemish brothers finds them building impressively on the success of previous offerings Modus Operandi...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2017
