Reviews
Radio Afloat
Layale Chaker is a Lebanese violinist and composer whose music draws rich inspiration from contemporary classical music, jazz improvisation and...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
I am Death, I am Breath, I am Life
Hezron Chetty is a South African violinist who has made a career out of pushing the boundaries of the instrument....
Reviewed in issue July/2024
Pull the Rope
Ibibio Sound Machine started out ten years ago with a self-titled album that matched gospel, West African styles and electronic...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Getaway
The simplest and most common description of Kolonel Djafaar’s sound is as a meeting of Ethio-jazz and Afrobeat. And that’s...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Find Your Flame
When artists pile on the special guests, sometimes you wish they wouldn’t. However, this nine-piece powerhouse from Leeds have managed...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Senga
Portuguese singer-songwriter Inês Loubet spent five years travelling from Portugal through Brazil, to London, inspiring this, her debut album. It’s...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Talitakum
Avalanche Kaito’s 2022 self-titled debut was a triumph of noise punk indelibly informed by griot music from Burkina Faso. Since...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Out of the Blue
It’s reassuring that some things don’t change. For their second album, the Brussels-based international trio of former street musicians follow...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Zero Grace
Born in Nottingham with an English mum and Jamaican dad, Liam Bailey grew up listening to reggae, soul and rock...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
Black Star Liner
Disillusioned with the financial side of the Jamaican music industry after working with such harmony groups as The Lyrics (who...
Reviewed in issue June/2024
