Reviews
Way Highly
A salty dog of an album, Oklahoma roots musician and one-man band Brad Fielder’s new album (or long-ish EP), Way...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: May/2024
Oyoun Al Kalam
Ramzi Aburedwan & Dal’Ouna Ensemble
Originally recorded in 2007, Oyoun Al Kalam, by multi-instrumentalist Ramzi Aburedwan & Dal’Ouna Ensemble finally gets a digital release 17...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: May/2024
Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves
Jembaa Groove’s 2022 debut album was a highlife highlight (a Top of the World in #177). The Berlin-based group elegantly...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2024
nomthandazo
Zoë Modiga became a star in South Africa, her birthplace, after appearing on that country’s version of The Voice. She’s...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2024
Svängo Nuevo
Even after 20 years of playing together, the Finnish harmonica quartet Sväng still hold a unique voice in the landscape...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2024
Uddevalla
Glasgow-based singer and fiddle player Collier’s debut album Uddevalla is a strikingly global and atmospheric selection of songs and tunes...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: August/2024
Skydancers
‘The bird completes the skyline’ is a refrain in the title-track of Martin Simpson’s new album. Simpson loves birds; a...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: August/2024
Qwanqwa Live
For three studio albums, Addis Ababa-based Qwanqwa have explored the range of Ethiopian traditional music, performing pieces from many of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: September/2024
Pa’ Tu Cuerpa
Cimafunk's previous albums, Terapia (Therapy, 2017) and El Alimento (The Nourishment, 2021), present his music as something elemental and Pa’...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2024
