Reviews
Cairo Moon
This exciting album is rooted in a rich Middle Eastern soundscape. It's performed by a Canada-based quartet of musicians hailing...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Saadia Jefferson
On first impressions this sounds like a Middle Eastern Manu Chao. Or maybe DIY Ethio-jazz. Or then again, it could...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Dancing on the Heads of Snakes
Orontes began as a Syrian-Spanish project in the city of Homs, but ceased to function when the catastrophic civil war...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Alep-Brest
Aleppo in northern Syria has lived through tragedy. Its name now resonates with the pain of a brutal war, which...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Kar Yagar
Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek - which translates as Ocean Lightning and the Thunderbolts - is a trul international band...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Native Tongue
Having started her music career fronting the rollicking Australian cabaret band Mojo Juju & The Snake Oil Merchants between 2006...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Taoba
A new group from the Solomon Islands, Kaumaakonga hail from the small southern isles of Mungava and Mungiki (jointly referred...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
The Nefes of the Bektâshî Sufi Brotherhood in Istanbul and the Balkans
This album explores peripheries, spirituality and history. Arising from the seventh Bîrûn workshop in Ottoman music organised by neyzen (a...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
The Greatest Day
There's never been any doubt that Jake Shimabukuro is a remarkable ukulele player. From his early success in Hawaii with...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
The Concert Collection 2012-2018
Archie Roach is one of Australia's best-known Aboriginal singer-songwriters; his long career has seen him win every award and accolade...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
