Reviews
Diamond in the Rough
Following 2017's The Things That Matter, 19th Street Band deliver Diamond in the Rough, a nine-track showcase for the core...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2021
In D
After their extraordinary recording of Terry Riley's In C in 2017, the eclectic New York-based collective known as BRM follow...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2021
La Giostra
Kërkim (Albanian for ‘Research’) is an Apulian five-piece outfit augmented with a few guests. The result might be wrongly filed...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2021
Stop the Hate
Femi Kuti's last album, 2018's One People One World, was disappointing; it lacked the bite of earlier recordings and sounded...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2021
The Tunis Diaries
This is a sprawling double album from the highly cosmopolitan and experimental Tunisian-born, New York-based singer-songwriter Emel. Hot on the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2021
Lonely Hymns and Pillars of Emptiness
Conceived in isolation during the spring of 2020, this recording is the solo debut by multi-instrumentalist Iztok Koren (of Širom...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: March/2021
In the Furrows of Common Place
Drawing on the poetry of John Clare, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris' The Lost Words and South Yorkshire writer Barry...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2021
Obi Agye Me Dofo
From the golden age of Ghanaian highlife, this rare album from 1977 is a bit of a gem. Hailing from...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2021
The Royal Chase
Nation Beat are a new name to me, but a cursory internet search reveals they have existed for more than...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2021
Start
From the very first note, there's no mistaking that this is a Félix Lajkó album. The opening chord is the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021
