Reviews
Songs by Geirr Tveitt
This music is fragile, meditative and delicate, with soundscapes leading us into secret, intimate places. The names on the album...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Qhum Qhaks
Kwaito, the music that blew up in 90s post-apartheid South Africa characterised by slowed-down house beats and breezy rapping, is...
Reviewed by Timothy Romain in issue: June/2019
Freedom to Roam The Rhythms of Migration
What are ‘the rhythms of migration’ – are they natural, forced, seasonal? And how do you evoke or embody them...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2022
Together
The Mercury Music Prize – arguably Britain's premier album award – has a reputation for destroying rather than making careers....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2011
A Lament for Epirus 1926-1928
This compilation was first issued as a limited edition Record Store Day vinyl release, which promptly sold out. Now, it...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Malagasy Blues Song
Music and spirituality are intertwined in Madagascar. Lala Njava learned her warm, sonorous singing technique from the resident shaman in...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Hive
Gamelan Madu Sari have been operating out of Vancouver for nearly a quarter of a century, ever since a Javanese...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Sobre Noites e Dias
After a series of albums that dealt with specific themes and textures, such as dub or baile funk, Lucas Santtana...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2015
