Reviews
Manuša
Júlia Kozáková is a young Slovakian singer who is, at present, studying at the School of Oriental and African Studies...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2022
Mente
The Brazilian multiinstrumentalist Thiago Nassif has been active for around a decade, switching scenes from São Paulo to Rio de...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2020
Nomade Orquestra
While it's surely purely coincidental that São Paulo's Nomade Orquestra formed in 2012, the same year Azymuth's José Roberto Bertrami...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2016
Happy Machine
The high-energy high jinks of this group from Bosnia and Herzegovina work a sort of reverse Balkanisation. Which is to...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2016
Liminal Silence
Sunny Kim, Vardan Ovsepian & Ben Monder
Now here’s an album that defies easy categorisation, in which Sunny Kim, a Korean-born singer, improviser and composer joins forces...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2024
The Sisypheans
An apt title, perhaps, for a singular double act whose relentless international touring has seen them achieve cult status as...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Damar
The almost presidential aura exuded by the Bosnian and Herzegovinian singer and humanitarian in the monochrome photo that graces the...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2017
Nigeria Soul Fever
All but two of the 16 tracks here were recorded between 1977 and 1980 at the height of the disco...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2016
ShadowLines
Those who know the work of British composer, producer and musician Shammi Pithia will know to expect a dreamy, cinematic...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2016
Rahawan
Born in Nazareth and resident in Haifa where she practises as an architect, the 30-year-old Zaatry is also a singer-songwriter...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022
