Reviews
We are the Halluci Nation
A Tribe Called Red are at it again, transforming spiritual pow-wow vocals into slick, at times intense melodies that ride...
Reviewed by Jordan Barnes in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
My Love and Music
He may be 80 this year and still touring, but this pair of reissues turn the clock back half a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016
Arcana: The Indo-Jazz Sessions
Arcana announces itself with ‘Kalavati’, a driving fusion track named after a Hindustani raga; the piece establishes the album as...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2018
In Light of India
Edinburgh-based sitar player and ethnomusicologist Alec Cooper plays his cards well on his debut album In Light of India by...
Reviewed by Shaswata Kundu Chaudhuri in issue: November/2021
Sisyphus
The first solo release from accomplished musician Sofia Labropoulou takes its inspiration from a geographically and culturally diverse range of...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: April/2021
Voice of Ages
Nobody can say no to Paddy Moloney. From Mick Jagger to Ry Cooder, the list of unlikely collaborators corralled by...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2012
Elementuak
After touring as guest performers on Madonna's 2012 MDNA tour, Basque trio Kalakan sat down to re-centre themselves and record...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2015
We Have Come to Testify
An important historical and political documentary album, this recording and the accompanying illustrative book are an intertwining of translated spoken-word...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Sky Songs
Alena Murang is a singer and sapé player from Sarawak on the island of Borneo, Malaysia. One of the indigenous...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2021
El Bardo
Complete with standard-issue retro graphics, here is another senior discovery from Cuba by a gringo record company, in this case...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
