Reviews
Special Edition Part 1
Since forming in the 1990s, New Zealand soul-dub-electronic outfit Fat Freddy's Drop have steadily built a deserved reputation as one...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2020
Sings with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Fresh from winning a Grammy for Best World Music Album for 2014's Eve, which featured massed choirs and the Kronos...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2015
Ayú
Making music with their bodies is ‘what really matters,’ assert this mixed-gender 15-strong collective from São Paulo. While there are...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Dougna
A former singer with the Guinean all female band Les Amazones de Guinée, Sayon Bamba certainly doesn’t lack spirit. She’s...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Est'd 1969
A reinvigorated Steeleye Span set their stall against an illustrious past with Est'd 1969 and it's up there with the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2019
The Stradgrass Sessions
Kentucky-born, classically trained violinist Tessa Lark's latest album is packed with some of the finest chambergrass music human ears are...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2023
Wicked Light
Members of this young folk ensemble began their various musical careers playing spontaneously on the streets of France, Switzerland and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2023
La Pluma
It’s almost impossible to categorise La Pluma other than to suggest it’s sure to appeal to those who don’t like...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024
Qasr
This layered debut explores issues of identity that arise when one’s ethnic heritage does not wholly align with one’s country...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: April/2024
Mahavélouz
La Réunion’s maloya music has provided fertile ground for electronic producers looking to inject the genre’s trancelike rhythms onto sub-heavy...
Reviewed by Timothy Clarke-Romain in issue: April/2025
