Reviews
Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels
Civilistjävel! x Mayssa Jallad
Originally recorded in 2023, Mayssa Jallad’s Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels is a sonic reimagining of a five-month battle...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2025
Tales of Earth and Sun
The Iranian group Rastak have been going for over 25 years, although in recent years they’ve relocated from Iran to...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2025
Stereo Instrumental Music
The Ibex Band were at the heart of Ethiopia’s fabled ‘golden age’ of music, backing the likes of Mulatu Astatke,...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: June/2025
Nouse Luonto – Songs of Nordic Biodiversity
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
In Finland, where nature is often on your doorstep, an estimated one in nine species is endangered. Nouse Luonto is...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: June/2025
Song over støv
Hardanger fiddle player Apneseth emerged on the Norwegian folk scene as a rising star, an exquisite performer, a magnet for...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2025
Adventures in the Now
This is the fourth instalment of genre crossing ethno-jazz fusion from Finnish multi-instrumentalist Ilkka Arola and his band Sound Tagine....
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: June/2025
Lagon Nwar
Together with Valentin Ceccaldi (bass, cello) and Quentin Biardeau (saxophone), both musical improvisers, composers and producers, and Marcel Balboné (Burkinabé...
Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: June/2025
Trésor Magnétique
When legendary musician, poet and novelist Francis Bebey passed away suddenly in 2001, Cameroon lost one of its most celebrated...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: August/2025
Sancocho Trifásico
As their hilarious name suggests, Empanadas Ilegales cross South American borders with impunity. Musically that is. The Vancouver-based, multi-heritage band...
Reviewed by Justin Turford in issue: August/2025
