Reviews

Vishap

Victoria Alexanyan

Armenian singer-composer Victoria Alexanyan moved to Lyon to study French language and culture in 2018. There she began to combine...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: May/2026

Rajatila/Borderline

Tuuletar

The Finnish a capella quartet Tuuletar made quite an impression with their first album Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal in 2016...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2019

Dem Naa

Naby

Winner of the prestigious Radio France International Discovery award of 2009, the debut album from Senegalese reggae singer Naby was...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2011

Pontos de Passagem

Fado Malvado

Fado Malvado are a Portuguese quartet that focus on the musical bond between an accordion, a pair of guitars and...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2023

Tulum: A Sound from the Black Sea

Emin Yağci

The Black Sea region is like a different country compared to the rest of Turkey. It's misty, mountainous and cool,...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011

Kidayú

Vaudou Game

This is a tour de force and I can’t seem to stop listening to it. Peter Solo and his band...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2016

First Light

Alvorada

To record a fresh, innovative album that retains the charm of a century-old genre is quite an achievement. On the debut...

Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: June/2019

Chaos Theories

The Souljazz Orchestra

Hell hath no fury like a brassy sextet from Ottawa when riled. This, their ninth album since getting together in...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2019

Áššu

Áššu (Ulla Pirttijärvi, Harald Skullerud & Olav Torget)

If joik was a person, it'd be the type who could turn up at any house party and somehow find...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: June/2019

Sublime

Alex Cuba

Alex Cuba, a name well known to Cuban-music fans, brings a new angle to his easy-listening, groove-based sound with Sublime....

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2020