Reviews
One Voice
An 11-piece band from the small indigenous community of Baniyala, situated on Blue Mud Bay in the Top End’s Gulf...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2023
Three Seconds | Kolme Toista
Finnish guitarist and oud player Jussi Reijonen has allowed nearly a decade to pass between his debut album and this...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/February/2023
Funky Pangolin
The Ghanaian guitarist Kyekyeku – pronounced Tche-tche-kou – formed the Ghanalogue Highlife project in Accra a decade or so ago, although his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2023
Desde un Nuevo Lugar
This impressive debut album from Buenos Aires-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Santiago Molina subtly draws together original compositions and artful reworkings...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: January/February/2023
Tudo o Que Move
Antera and Filipe Mattos first met in Berlin and were drawn to each other by their common language: Portuguese. She...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2023
Kel Tinariwen
You know Tinariwen. Hypnotic Touareg assouf music from bluesy electric guitars, slithering out of Saharan sand-encrusted amps and accompanied by...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/February/2023
Time Was Away
Portman and Harbron are, in their different ways, leading lights of contemporary English folk – Portman as a singer, songwriter...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2023
