Reviews
Hues of Imagination
Melisa Yıldırım & Swarupa Ananth
This is a remarkable duo of Anatolian fiddle with Indian tabla percussion. Melisa Yıldırım plays an Azeri-style bowed kamancha with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2023
Macadam
The Belgian trio schroothoop make their own instruments, recycled from plastic, metal and wood. Their obsession is to construct shadow...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2023
Five Seasons
Best known for his work with the Turkish psych-influenced Şatellites, Itamar Klüger is a multi-instrumentalist with a key role in...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2023
Paris Bamako Jazz
Baba Sissoko & Jean-Philippe Rykiel
Griot Jazz, the collaboration between ngoni and talking drum master Baba Sissoko, Lansiné Kouyaté on balafon, Madou Sidiki Diabaté and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2023
Mãe
Cristina Branco has always been a bit reluctant to call herself a fadista. And it is not hard to understand...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2023
Jól Élünk (We Have a Pretty Good Life)
This is the debut recording of a pretty new Hungarian band who were one of the local highlights of 2022’s...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024
Ode Dite
This is a curious release from Croatian guitarist and singer-songwriter Adam Semijalac. He’s deliberately put his guitar away and picked...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024
Tornadon Silmässä
The word ‘vimma’ means ‘frenzy’ in Finnish and this young band’s frenzy is against climate change and the despoliation of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024
Waiting for Zion
After an album and a handful of EPs, the duo Africaine 808 marks a step forward after a ten-year career...
Reviewed by François Renoncourt in issue: January/February/2024
