Reviews
The Sisypheans
An apt title, perhaps, for a singular double act whose relentless international touring has seen them achieve cult status as...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Rumba Argelina
When Rumba Argelina blasted the late Benjamín Escoriza and his Moorish sidemen to the fore of Spanish flamenco fusion in...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
DNA
Expatriate life can widen an artist's range or dilute their roots, or perhaps both. The work of Flavia Coelho from...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Finding Friends Far from Home: A Journey with Clara Net
‘Tell us a story!’ kids chant on the opening track of this educational CD. What follows, though not quite a...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
The Loft Tapes
Sheffield-based Mishra were founded by Ford Collier and Kate Griffin using money from the first Christian Raphael prize to foster...
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Gypsybilly King
Canada's Adrian Raso won international prominence when he got together with Romanian brass band Fanfare Ciocărlia in 2014 to create...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Together We Stand
It's been ten years since Abraham Inc's first album Tweet Tweet and, given the impact it still has now, any...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Handfuls of Night
There are multiple associations that weave around this fourth studio album from Penguin Cafe, Arthur Jefes' successor ensemble to his...
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Batik
Gabriele Poso was born in Italy but has a musical understanding that is global in reach. This is owing to...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
180° The Remixes
Mulele Matondo's most recent record with Kongo Dia Ntotila was released earlier this year. Entitled 360°, it was a truly...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
