Reviews
Cumbia Beat Vol 2
The garish cover looks like the sort of booty shaking bootleg you might pick up at the massive black market...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Nightshade
This is one of the most spare recordings I have heard in some time. It is, very simply, fiddler Bryony...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Cairo Moon
This exciting album is rooted in a rich Middle Eastern soundscape. It's performed by a Canada-based quartet of musicians hailing...
Reviewed by Shukri Habib Ali in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Flowers Where the Horses Sleep
After recently focusing on traditional songs, Burnell’s sixth album finds him back with pen in hand. Joined by a collection...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: October/2020
Trotro
When Brian Shimkovitz, owner of the Awesome Tapes from Africa label, asked Ghanaian DJ Katapila if he could re-release his...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2016
You Have Already Gone to the Other World
The New Mexico-based duo of Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost have spent the last year touring their live score for...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2013
Ye Katama Hod: The Belly of the City
Born in Somalia to Ethiopian and Italian parents, and now based in Italy, vocalist Saba Anglana found the inspiration for...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2015
Palaces
Electric Vocuhila, a French quartet founded ten years ago in Berlin as part of a musicians’ co-operative, display an impressive...
Reviewed by Julia in issue: June/2020
Countryman
Considered by many to be one of Australia's most expressive indigenous voices, Pitjantjatjara singer-songwriter Frank Yamma, has never enjoyed the...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2011
