Reviews

Ambarao

Moiizah

It's a long way from the Indian Ocean to the isle of Jura, Scotland where Moiizah's debut album was recorded,...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Manga

Mayra Andrade

Back in 2013, when Cape Verdean singer Mayra Andrade released her fourth album, Lovely Difficult, it was already obvious pop...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Mistune: Violin & Tanpura

Chris Prosser

In Mistune Chris Prosser continues to explore his fascination with alternate tunings on the violin, this time paired with a...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Producing

Gypsy Hill

London-based producer duo Gypsy Hill – two of Batov Records' co-founders, DJ Kobayashi and Herbert Newbert – are that delectable...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Weird and Wonderful Tales

Bâton Bleu

French multi-instrumentalists Maria Laurent and Gautier Degandt specialise in hard-core acoustic folk, given a rock attitude, although still operating within...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Kardeş

Divanhana

The movement in Bosnian music known as new sevdah, a recasting of a traditional urban song style with Slav, Turkish...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Alagbe

André Sampaio

If it wasn't for the laidback, Portuguese vocals, you'd be convinced that this album came direct from Africa. In fact,...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Bogotá

Klangwart

For the past 20 years, Bogotá has had a lively experimental jazz scene that every now and again peers into...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Ascending

Amira Medunjanin & TrondheimSolistene

It's been 15 years since the exquisite Bosnian vocalist Amira first recorded on Mostar Sevdah Reunion's A Secret Gate and...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Children of the Otter

Huun Huur Tu & Opus Posth

The leading Tuvan throat singing group Huun Huur Tu have made many notable collaborations over the past 25 years. However,...

Reviewed in issue March/2019