Reviews
Le Cri du Caire
This trans-continental collaboration has had a lengthy gestation. It began with a 2013 performance by Egyptian singer and poet Abdullah...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: June/2023
Son of Africa
Flopping on release by Island Records in 1976 — the label too busy with reggae star Bob Marley to promote...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: August/September/2023
À Moi la Liberté – Early Electronic Raï – 1983-90
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Long summer nights on the coastal strip; hotshots revving their engines; girls checking their makeup in rearview mirrors; the throb...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: August/September/2023
Okemah Rising
Along with 2022's This Machine Still Kills Fascists, Dropkick Murphys’ Okemah Rising stems from a self-directed project, the purpose of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/September/2023
La Madrugá
This new album from Yasser Tejeda comprises a slick and very enjoyable collection of nine tracks merging two distinct traits...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: August/September/2023
Moldavia: Peasant Tunes from the Old Land of Hârlău
Neculai Florea, Nicolae Amarandei, Valentin Bălăşanu
Hârlău is a town in the Romanian region of Moldavia, about 70km from Iaşi. And this record is a deliberate...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2023
Ramuntcho Matta
My, what a curious album this is. If you struggle to determine an overriding aesthetic, that's maybe half the point....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023
Divan & Divine
Zeyn’el is a singer-songwriter who is well-known in the Turkish rock scene as a sound engineer, and some of that...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: August/September/2023
Sounds Like Home
Building on the stylistic journey of his 2020 album NO VISA, American DJ and producer Captain Planet brings retro styles...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/September/2023
Das Nuvens
Fabiano Do Nascimento | Fabiano do Nascimento
Fabiano do Nascimento was born and raised in Rio and São Paulo. For the last decade or so he's been...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023
