Reviews

Das Nuvens

Fabiano Do Nascimento | Fabiano do Nascimento

Fabiano do Nascimento was born and raised in Rio and São Paulo. For the last decade or so he's been...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

reTORNAR

Magalí Sare & Manel Fortià

If you worry that a voice and a double bass might be too frugal fare, no need. Catalan singer, Magalí...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Sound and Reason

Qwalia

Four of London's most dynamic musicians enter the studio in April 2021. Then follows a two-day voyage of all-improvised sonic...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

History

Bokanté

Deep Southern guitar drawls open this sun-drenched record. History, Bokanté's third album, is anchored in the blues while drawing upon...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Healing Rituals

Naïssam Jalal

Syrian-French flautist Naïssam Jalal has been somewhat overlooked as a composer and bandleader, but with this album – her ninth!...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Louken

Wifa

Wifa has all the attributes of a successful new artist: powerful voice, strong melodies and an intriguing history. Born in...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Latopa

Àbájade

Latopa is the first full-length album by Àbájade, a Paris-based octet whose music primarily draws from Afro-Cuban stylistic traditions shaded...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Hagata

TEKE::TEKE

Montreal-based TEKE::TEKE began life as a tribute act to instrumental guitar legend Takeshi Terauchi before expanding their sound to take...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Praznina/Emptiness

Iztok Koren

Best known as a member of the Slovenian ‘imaginary folk’ band Širom, Iztok Koren is an experimental multi-instrumentalist who clearly...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Moriah Plaza

Moriah Plaza

Moriah Plaza co-founders Tamir Chen and Moosh Lahav trace the origin of their band's blend of Brazilian soul, Western jazz...

Reviewed in issue July/2023