Reviews
Mouasalat Ila Jacad el Ard
Largely unknown outside a small group of Arabic record collectors, Lebanese artist Issam Hajali's debut is finally getting the release...
Reviewed by Shukri Habib Ali in issue: March/2020
Open the Gate of Zion
After recording solo ska singles at Studio One, Leonard Dillon formed The Ethiopians harmony trio in the rock steady era...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Keys to Friendship
Aeham Ahmad meets Edgar Knecht
This is an album with quite a story behind it. The Syrian musician Aeham Ahmad played piano in the refugee...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: June/2018
Run Kitty Run
Big, brassy, bold and Bollywood, The Bombay Royale do not hold back. Run Kitty Run, the Melbourne 11-piece's third studio...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2018
Early Years: Madagascar Cassette Archives
Jazz had Miles Davis, rock had Jimi Hendrix, and tsapiky – the frantic, guitar-driven music from Toliara, Madagascar – has...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: June/2020
Rade
The adventurous Valencia-based Sardinian composer sets sails navigating on Mediterranean routes after his critically-admired album Jar’a, which appeared to be...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: October/2022
Stop Yu Loafin
Part of the original series that helped launch London's Greensleeves record label, the 1978 album Stop Yu Loafin has only...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Drifters & Vagabonds
With one foot in Scotland, the other in Austria and a few other limbs in Sweden and Vienna, Black Market...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Kobani
Ferhat Tunç's latest album is nicely packaged, with the songs competently translated into English. If you are unfamiliar with the...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: October/2016
