Reviews
Bucolica
Hiram Salsano’s debut album firmly establishes her as a remarkable artist, wielding a commanding and expressive voice rooted in Campania’s...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: December/2023
Beacons of the Wilderness
McElroy’s latest release, Beacons of the Wilderness, opens with haunting birdsong accompanied by atmospheric strings and a spoken narration. The...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2023
Digital Indigenous 07: Why Not
This is the seventh instalment in the 1000HZ series which spotlights local producers –predominantly from Malawi – working with rudimentary...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: September/2024
Super Son
Juan Pablo Torres y Algo Nuevo
Despite the name of Cuban trombonist Torres’ band (‘Something New’), 50 years later these 1977 cuts can’t help but sound...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: September/2024
Queen of Eyes
Take a pair of harmonising female vocalists, ask them to record outside a one-room cabin on an island off Washington...
Reviewed by Motez Bishara in issue: September/2024
Dotze Temps
Lluís Gómez’ story is an improbable one. A voracious Spanish musical student from a young age, he quickly learned to...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: September/2024
Barefoot in Bryophyte
Mari Kvien Brunvoll & Stein Urheim with Moskus
Already a fan, I was lucky enough to see the first public outing of this project in Voss Jazz Festival...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: September/2024
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Two Estonian guys, circling their 50s, wearing black suits and performing wild live shows all around Europe with singing, rapping,...
Reviewed by Mateusz Dobrowolski in issue: September/2024
Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado
An experimental fusion of Portuguese folk, introspective soul-searching and out-there electronica, this debut album by Ana Lua Caiano is an...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: June/2024
Le Futur Ça Marche Pas
One of the most rewarding things while listening to Cyril Cyril’s third album is not being able to anticipate what...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2024
