Reviews
Sufi Dub Brothers
Ashraf Sharif Khan & Viktor Marek
Sufi Dub Brothers is a fun, yet superficial, album of Ibiza-esque beats and sitar improvisation, superimposing Pakistani/Indian classical music on...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2021
La Tercera Vision
Argentinian musician, DJ and programmer Lagartijeando (aka Mati Zundel) plays Andean-inspired electronic folk with a psychedelic lite touch; there’s always...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/February/2022
Folila
Everyone's favourite musical married couple appear to be seeking to expand horizons already broadened by the likes of Manu Chao...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2012
Simurg
Compro Oro with Murat Ertel & Esma Ertel
Simurg is the third album from Belgian psychedelic collective Compro Oro. The album is a collaboration between the group and...
Reviewed by Marek Tymków in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Our World in Song
Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho
“What would it sound like,” pondered Wu Man, “if I played folk songs from around the world such as ‘Frère...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
May
You may well have seen and enjoyed The Sweet Lowdown on their first UK tour recently. They’re an award-winning, all-female...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Musique de France
Adding to the rich heritage of Middle Eastern and North African music blended with European electronica, Parisian collective Acid Arab...
Reviewed by Ben Murphy in issue: December/2016
Music of Vanuatu: Celebrations and Mysteries
Vanuatu is a fascinating place. Dubbed ‘New Hebrides’ by Captain Cook because it reminded him of those West Scottish isles,...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2014
Fire Under the Bridge
This sextet of folk musicians came together in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in northern England, in the shadow of the mighty Tyne Bridge,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2020
