Reviews
Öngtupqa: Sacred Music of the Hopi Tribe
Clark Tenakhongva, Gary Stroutsos & Matthew Nelson
Öngtupqa is the Hopi name for the Grand Canyon (which translates to ‘Salt Canyon’). Musicians Clark Tenakhongva, Matthew Nelson and...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: November/2019
Party Beats
This is another re-release from the Tabansi vault of 80s African music. The late Nkono Teles, who is perhaps better...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: November/2019
Derin Derin
Turkish psychedelic rock from the 60s seems to have been reborn from the ashes lately, with a new generation of...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2019
Circadian
Last year's Parasol Peak release (a Top of the World review in #143) was a milestone in Manu Delago's career....
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2019
Chaos Theories
Hell hath no fury like a brassy sextet from Ottawa when riled. This, their ninth album since getting together in...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2019
Félix Lajkó & Vołosi
The opening of this album sounds like you've stumbled into an astonishing cadenza in the middle of a violin concerto....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2019
Alefa Madagascar! Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984
Another offering from Strut Records' Indian Ocean compilation series, this album of Malagasy songs takes a look at one of...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: November/2019
Culture Kin
It has been seven years since the last album from this San Francisco string quartet led by Irene Sazer (a...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: November/2019
Hush the Wild Horses
Hush the Wild Horses is an intimate, unflinching glimpse into the trials and triumphs of singer-songwriter Rachel Harrington. A former...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2019
Songs of Our Mothers
Recorded in Oxford with international zeal, this excellent release brings together folk songs traditionally sung by Afghan women, played here...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2019
