Reviews
Your Face is Like the Moon, Your Eyes Are Stars
Zhungdra music, according to Kuensel, Bhutan’s national newspaper, ‘was first performed [in Bhutan] in the 17th century to commemorate the...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: September/2024
Asar
Pakistani singer Muslim Shaggan comes from an impressive lineage of vocal musicians in two ways. Firstly, his grandfather and teacher...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2025
Useza
Among the Shona communities of northeastern Zimbabwe, the matepe, a type of mbira, is used to evoke trance states to...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2025
No New Summers
Deceptively, No New Summers opens with ‘No Spring Chicken’ – five minutes of solo American primitive John Fahey-style guitar. The...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2025
New World, Lonely Ride
Michael Grigoni & Pan•American
New World, Lonely Ride is the debut of guitar-centric original music by Michael Grigoni & Pan•American. Drawing on elements of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2025
El Tiempo Quiere Cantar
Anthropology and experimentation combine on this release by Peruvian musician-researchers Dimitri Manga Chávez and Ricardo López Alcas, who “explore the...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2025
Turnstone
A turnstone is a wading bird that upends pebbles to feed on what it finds beneath. It’s a fitting title...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2025
Club Tounsi
It’s only been a few weeks since the release of his last album, the excellent Live at Another Sky Festival,...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2025
Afrosoul 2
This disconcerting compilation leaps from one idea to another, trying to find something fresh. An array of African acts unsuccessfully...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: July/2014
