Reviews

Wondem

Dexter Story

This new record from multi-instrumentalist Dexter Story is an endearing and enjoyable listen. Wondem (Brother) takes influences from the music...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Junun

Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express

‘I’m always a little wary of rock bands dabbling in world music,’ admitted Radiohead's guitarist Jonny Greenwood when talking about...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Lava

IKI

IKI is an eight-piece vocal ensemble based in Copenhagen, with members coming from Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, who have...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Davide

De Fuego

In December 2013, Davide Lufrano Chaves, a founding member of this gifted flamenco-rumba duo died from blood cancer aged just...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Bays

Fat Freddys Drop

Aotearoa's (or New Zealand's) hi-tech, self-described ‘seven-headed soul monster’ doesn’t make studio albums in any sort of haste. This eagerly...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Pipa Potluck

Gao Hong & Friends

The ‘potluck’ in the title of this album, a collaborative project led by Chinese pipa virtuoso Gao Hong, refers to...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Soyo

Dom la Nena

Dom la Nena's breathy whispered vocals inhabit every moment on Soyo, the Brazilian singer's second album. Sorrowful swathes of cello,...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Goddess Polka Dottess

TriBeCaStan

This is the fifth album by a sprawling New York collective, who are not a million styles away from the...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Ambient 3: Day of Radiance

Laraaji

Not so much world music as otherworldly, the reissue of the album Brian Eno produced in 1980 for the American...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Salt for Svanetia

Moishe's Bagel

This arty offering from the stupendous Moishe's Bagel, known for their intelligent reworkings of the traditional klezmer and Balkan canons,...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016