Reviews
Fintou
Recorded with analog equipment in the OTODI studio in Lomé, Vaudou Game’s fifth album takes Togolese sounds to new and...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2025
Making Moves
Although it’s only five years after their debut album, this slow coach follow-up still makes the Santrofi eight-piece sound like...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2025
Nest
By combining instruments from his native country of Latvia, such as the kolke (a harp/zither relative of Lithuania’s kankle and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2025
Another Mississippi Sunday Morning
Recorded by inmates of Mississippi’s Parchman Prison alongside Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan, this album picks up where 2023’s Some Mississippi...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2025
Doğu Ekspresi
The border town of Kars in the far north-east of Turkey holds a special allure in the Turkish imagination. The...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2025
Orchestrations
Buttery has pursued a more eclectic approach to incorporating global styles into his guitar playing than his fellow South African...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2025
Lion Awakes
For 23 years, Nigerian singer Amayo was the frontman for the acclaimed Afrobeat collective Antibalas. Having left the band in...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: April/2025
Songs for You
Recorded as a tribute to Power’s late father, Songs for You is a touchingly heartfelt collection of covers. Harbach &...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2025
Atlanti Kaw
Now based in Belgium, the Burkinabé guitarist Sina Kienou and European vocalist Soledad Kalza met at a festival in 2019...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2025
