Shivers. Another manifestation of electro-ambient-music from the Global South. I had to think of Naujawanan Baidar’s Khedmat Be Khalq, the...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: May/2024
Folk, blues, swing, world music and jazz combine to weave their trade winds across UK-based French singer Julie Abbé’s fine...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2024
Farah Kaddour’s inaugural solo venture, Badā, unfolds as a deliberate exploration of the buzuq, a Persian lute akin to the...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2024
Two worlds, two traditions, collide to enjoyable effect in David Murphy’s long-playing debut, Cuimhne Ghlinn, its Explorations in Irish Music...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2024
Gabon-born singer Pamela Badjogo honed her chops as a backing vocalist for Grammy-winning powerhouse diva Angélique Kidjo, then went on...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2024
Geographically, this mysterious quintet hail from the south east of France but, sonically, they manifest as though from a bustling...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2024
A fine balance of danceable music which pushes the boat out sonically and a sound firmly rooted in Congolese rumba...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: May/2024
The music on Needlefall is borne of one region, but two worlds. It finds Durham, North Carolina guitar- and-fiddle duo...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: May/2024
The style of Touareg guitar music known to the world as ‘desert blues’ and to the musicians themselves as assouf...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2024
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