Reviews

Little Sun

Charlie Parr

Austin, Minnesota’s Charlie Parr is leaving behind the country-blues derivations of his earliest works. For all their ramshackle charms, albums...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: May/2024

Évohé Bègue

Bégayer

Geographically, this mysterious quintet hail from the south east of France but, sonically, they manifest as though from a bustling...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2024

Monsieur MÂLÂ

Monsieur MÂLÂ

Monsieur MÂLÂ, a Parisian jazz fusion quintet, emerges from the shadows of supporting roles for musicians like Blick Bassy, Mayra...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2024

Polonez

Lumpeks

The second album by the Polish-French quartet Lumpeks picks up right where their self-titled debut (2020) left off. Founded by...

Reviewed by Michał Wieczorek in issue: May/2024

Badā

Farah Kaddour

Farah Kaddour’s inaugural solo venture, Badā, unfolds as a deliberate exploration of the buzuq, a Persian lute akin to the...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2024

Live

Mama Sissoko

A veteran of Mali’s oldest dance orchestra Super Biton de Ségou, Mama Sissoko became the band’s guitarist in 1972. When...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2024

Haz

La Yegros

Buenos Aires native Mariana Yegros absorbed from her parents a love of traditional cumbia and chamamé, a folk music distinctive...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: April/2024

BKXS

Jan Van Angelopoulos & Fotis Siotas

This is one of the more adventurous albums I’ve come across recently, and one which is based on arguably one...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2024

Hjirok

HJirok

HJirok is a collaboration between Iranian-Kurdish singer Hani Mojtahedy and producer Andi Toma from the German IDM (intelligent dance music)...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: April/2024

Hizbut Jámm

Hizbut Jámm

Polish guitarist and composer Raphael Rogiński has been busy. In September his solo album, Talàn, garnered rave reviews from all...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: April/2024