Reviews
Encounters
Encounters is a study in subtlety. Bassist Sigurd Hole, known for his work with the famously restrained jazz pianist Tord...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2018
Coisa Boa
It's been 13 years since Moreno Veloso's last album – his debut, Music Typewriter – heralded a new generation of...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2015
Janna Aana
There have been enough qawwali- electronica fusions they could almost be their own sub-genre. The point of encounter seems to...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: November/2020
Goro le Goro
It's little wonder that the phenomenon of Bulgarian folk-based choirs, with their stirring, romantic and otherworldly sound, have captured imaginations...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2012
The Original Sound of Mali
The dance band craze of the 1970s saw groups from all over West Africa putting their own spin on Latin...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2017
Horns of Freedom
It’s hard to think of a time when Afrobeat was so in vogue. New Fela Kuti reissues are a monthly...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2014
Spirit of Malombo
To appreciate Julian Bahula's contribution to South African music, you don’t need to know that he was a tireless anti-Apartheid...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Lao Dreaming
This debut album from Melbourne-based musician Peet Wonderfeel is described as organic electronica, taking inspiration from the natural world and...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: April/2018
An Introduction to Martin Carthy
One of the jewels in Topic's vast catalogue has to be the work of Martin Carthy, one of the colossi...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2018
