Reviews
Sing Your Own Song
Hailing from the remote Nhulunbuy region in northeast Arnhem Land, bandleader Andrew Minyapa Gurruwiwi is also a popular broadcaster on...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: August/2024
Gaga Gundul
Since their eponymous debut in 2017, French electric jazz quartet Peemaï, from Montpellier, have rearranged Asian traditional tunes, following bassist...
Reviewed by Jean Berry in issue: September/2024
Evil Plan
Ukandanz began as a four-piece rock group based in France, but they have really carved out a unique sound for...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: June/2025
Roots Rocking Zimbabwe: The Modern Sound of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980
Music scenes are strange things, ephemeral and unpredictable. The right confluence of history, politics, culture, migrations, community, geography, trends, hard...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2025
Atlântico Negro
The title is a translation of The Black Atlantic, Paul Gilroy’s celebrated book which examines the continuities in Black diasporic...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: June/2025
Dicen que la Muerte murió
With so many musical influences from all over the world, it’s hard to know where to start with this four-piece...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2025
Kotiin
Anne-Mari Kivimäki | Anne-Mari Kivimäki & Palomylly
Recorded across Finland, Estonia and Iceland, Kotiin (Homeward) blends Kivimäki’s hypnotic accordion with regional instruments such as the kantele (zither)...
Reviewed by Mateusz Dobrowolski in issue: June/2025
The World That I Knew
Dublin-based duo VARO – singers and fiddlers Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Nerea Breschi, from France and Italy respectively – are...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2025
Seasons of the Road
Alsarah released her solo debut, Aljawal with Soundway Records in 2013. Two albums mixing East African and modern influences with...
Reviewed by Jean Berry in issue: June/2025
