Reviews

Polonez

Lumpeks

The second album by the Polish-French quartet Lumpeks picks up right where their self-titled debut (2020) left off. Founded by...

Reviewed in issue May/2024

Bomba Pop

Amsterdam Klezmer Band

Amsterdam Klezmer Band are full of chutzpah — or, as the Dutch say, gotspe. Just two years shy of the...

Reviewed in issue May/2024

Saru l-Qamar

A Lily

Shivers. Another manifestation of electro-ambient-music from the Global South. I had to think of Naujawanan Baidar’s Khedmat Be Khalq, the...

Reviewed in issue May/2024

Out of the Ashes

Julie Abbé

Folk, blues, swing, world music and jazz combine to weave their trade winds across UK-based French singer Julie Abbé’s fine...

Reviewed in issue May/2024

Cuimhne Ghlinn: Explorations in Irish Music for Pedal Steel Guitar

David Murphy

Two worlds, two traditions, collide to enjoyable effect in David Murphy’s long-playing debut, Cuimhne Ghlinn, its Explorations in Irish Music...

Reviewed in issue May/2024

Évohé Bègue

Bégayer

Geographically, this mysterious quintet hail from the south east of France but, sonically, they manifest as though from a bustling...

Reviewed in issue May/2024

Cara de Espelho

Cara de Espelho

No one by now can be ignorant of the far-right rise all over the world. In Portugal, the alarm is...

Reviewed in issue May/2024

Monsieur MÂLÂ

Monsieur MÂLÂ

Monsieur MÂLÂ, a Parisian jazz fusion quintet, emerges from the shadows of supporting roles for musicians like Blick Bassy, Mayra...

Reviewed in issue May/2024

Karkelo

Polenta

Polenta is an odd name for a Finnish folk band. However, in Finnish ‘polenta’ means ‘stomp’. This youthful Helsinki quartet...

Reviewed in issue May/2024

ON – Live at the Jam Jar

Topette!!

A ‘topette’ is a shot of liquor. In Poitou-Charentes, where the band met, it means ‘Cheers!’. Topette!! is thus the...

Reviewed in issue May/2024