Reviews

Semitics

47SOUL

It’s been said 47SOUL are a band rooted in the Palestinian diaspora. Surely ‘uprooted’ would be more to the point....

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: October/2020

Got to Be Tough

Toots and the Maytals

The first Toots and the Maytals release in over ten years is a big deal for reggae enthusiasts. The 77-year-old...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2020

Real Music for Unreal Times: Vol 2

Kumea Sound

Limitations can spark creativity and the global lockdown necessitated by COVID-19 has been nothing if not a limit to musicians....

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Afwoyo

Milégé

Here's an album of nine tracks that's taken nine years in the making. That's not to suggest obsessive production values,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Glsah Sanaanea with Shiran

SHIRAN

Albums of music from Yemen emerge rarely in the West; albums of Yemeni women singers are rarer still and we...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Shalhevet

Divahn

Divahn are a five-piece female group based in New York. The name comes from Persian divan or diwan, which has...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Cumbia Siglo XXI

Meridian Brothers

Colombian society and culture is always at the core of Meridian Brothers, a conceptual tropical band led by Eblis Alvarez....

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Songs of Loss and Healing

Douglas MacGregor

This is the third solo album by accomplished London-based classical guitarist Douglas MacGregor. A deeply personal project, it explores the...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Okan Project

Omer Kringel

Israeli keyboardist Omer Kringel took his recording equipment on the road for five weeks, from Spain to South America, Angola...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Wachaga

Kutiman

Kutiman has a perceptive vision that transforms the everyday into something remarkable. His ThruYou video series cleverly interspersed lo-fi bedroom...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sept/2020