Reviews
Golden Age
Any album that cites influences as diverse as swamp jazz, Malian desert rock, Peru’s psychedelic chicha music and ‘master of...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: January/2025
symbiont
On Spider Tales, his 2020 debut album, Jake Blount blazed a trail through the forest of roots music in general...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2024
Wirlmarni
Indigenous Walmatjarri elder Kankawa Nagarra (Olive Knight) hails from the remote Aboriginal community of Wangkatjunka, in Australia’s northwestern Kimberley region....
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2024
Àbòr Édín
Recorded between Accra and Oregon ‘and various hotel rooms on the road,’ Àbòr Édín – it translates from Afroso’s Gãdangmé...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2024
Sage Warrior
This second album from trumpeter and singer Sonny Singh is as energetic and playful a take on his Punjabi heritage...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2024
Wapna’kik: The People of the Dawn
The Mi’kmaw people have lived on the eastern coasts of Canada from New Brunswick to Newfoundland since time immemorial, fishing,...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: May/2025
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Raúl Monsalve y Los Forajidos | Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos
Monsalve may be based in Paris but he learned his craft playing post-rock, avant-jazz-funk and Afro-Venezuelan music in Caracas and...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2025
Vaivaik
From Taiwan, Sauljaljui is one of the island’s strongest vocalists, hailing from the aboriginal Paiwan people. She performed an impressive...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2025
