Reviews
Mifankatiava
Two years ago, four young musicians from Madagascar founded the group Loko Gasy, which has now culminated in their debut...
Reviewed by Łukasz Komła in issue: December/2025
Lek Mak: A Footprint From Bougainville / Hamoris Lian Timor: Reviving the Sound of Timor
These new ethnographic-oriented albums document recent Pacific projects initiated by Australian-based label Wantok Musik in the two formerly war-torn island...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2025
Sîn
Did you ever go into a shop selling vapes and mobile phone cases and the dude behind the counter is...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/2025
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean was first released in 2014, following a transformative invitation by filmmaker Robert Gordon to record at Royal Studios...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: December/2025
Primordial Soup
If, as scientists suggest, the primordial soup is the thick gloop from which all life sprang, then the suggestion here...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/2025
Nancy 11
Named by Spotify as “the Queen of Arabic Pop”, Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram’s updated take on traditional sounds has given...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: December/2025
Carlos Dafé JID025
Composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Carlos Dafé is something of a legend for his role in the Black Brazil movement of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2025
Mon Balo
Réunion singer, percussionist and composer Luc Moindranzé Karioudja releases his debut album, Mon Balo, in homage to his island’s traditional...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2025
Halo’s Glitter
South African/Zimbabwean singer Nongoma Ndlovu teams up with Swiss percussionist Fabio Meier for a set of ‘Afro Soul Tronic’, a...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2025
