Reviews
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This American quintet play Gypsy swing in what initially appears to be quite a straight-ahead way, but which on further...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
La Silencieuse
Meïkhâneh comprise singer Maria Laurent, Johanni Curtet on guitar and overtone singing, and Milad Pasta on Iranian percussion. Recording at...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Gross National Happiness
Earlier in 2017 the Edinburgh-based nine-piece band Orkestra del Sol revealed that after 14 successful years, this would be their...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
The Queen of Hearts
Offa Rex comprise English singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney and US indie rockers The Decemberists; Queen of Hearts is the result of...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Paradis
Swedish schlager songs sung in Farsi? Behind this utterly bizarre confluence of styles is a clever comment on the state...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
The Book of Transfigurations
American singer Julia Úlehla and guitarist Aram Bajakian are the core of Dálava, a Vancouver-based collective. Their source material lies...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
EntreMundos
To the cornucopia of great music deriving from today's São Paulo, this ten-piece band now add their fine second album....
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Strange Circles
This new ensemble's name, Bokanté, is an apt summing-up of their sound. The word means ‘Exchange’ in Creole – the...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Knoblauch Scharf
Like all good funeral parties, the first, and seemingly last, full album from this group can be considered a mourning...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
