Reviews
Walk the Walk
Martin Nathan (aka Brain Damage) is a French dub producer who takes his dub tracks into the further sonic reaches...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: May/2016
Awake in a Dream
Meszecsinka feature Hungarian, Bulgarian, Croatian and Polish musicians coming together to create a fusion that has been labelled ‘psychedelic, new...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2017
Mujeres de Agua
Multi-Grammy award-winner Javier Limón is renowned for his work in the flamenco genre; he has made albums with the likes...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
The Art of the Tanbur
Özkan, resident in Paris since 1976, has honed an unusual lute style, at a remove from Istanbul's conservatoires and musical...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: October/2016
Beyond Addis: Contemporary Jazz & Funk Inspired by Ethiopian Sounds from the 70s
Many contemporary groups trying to recreate the sounds of 70s Africa are disappointing – particularly in the styles of jazz...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2014
Tales from the Punjab
Shez Raja is the kind of bass player who eschews the back row in favour of centre stage. In the...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2021
Kukaya Bili
An exceptional recording of traditional ‘trance’ music in the northern Malawi vimbuza style. The seven tracks are examples of healing...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2021
Dansing
Tęgie Chłopy are a new band that's gathered around veteran saxophone and clarinet player Stanisław Witkowski. Born in 1934, Witkowski...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2016
Pakistan Qawwali de la Delhi Gharana (Karachi)
Subhan Ahmed Nizami & Qawwal Baché
Subhan Ahmed Nizami may not be the first name that comes to mind when qawwali (the music of South Asian...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2020
Balkan Dogs
The mascot of this eclectic German band is a perky-eared Chihuahua but, as their song titles suggest, there's more than...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
