Reviews
Hillbilly Ragas
The John Fahey-coined term “American primitive guitar” has become murky of late, with some guitarists disregarding it completely due to...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: October/2025
The End
“The sound of the album is supposed to take the organic instruments of Irish traditional music and lift them somewhere...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2025
MUTANT
MUTANT is the perfect name for this shape-shifting album of bulbous beats by Moroccan producer Guedra Guedra (Abdellah M. Hassak)....
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: October/2025
Sasquatch Landslide
The Dwarfs of East Agouza | The Dwarfs Of East Agouza
The Dwarfs Of East Agouza are an established and prolific group. Egyptian musician Maurice Louca may be the most familiar...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2025
The Heart Whispers and Whirls (Excerpts)
Melbourne’s The Resonant Heart is a collective of CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse) and BIPOC women and female-identifying artists. This...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2025
El Quinto Cardón
Supergroup Los Cinco Cardones met playing music in Los Cabos, the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula – a...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: October/2025
Buya Buya: Come Back
One of the glories of apartheid-era township jive, the Mahotella Queens celebrate their 60th anniversary with their first album of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Made Through Ritual
Founded by the American saxophonist James ‘Plunky’ Branch in the 1970s, Oneness of Juju would forge a soulful style of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Une Voix M’Apelle: The Modern Lebanese Sound Of The Voix De L’orient Label 1967–1984
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Known as the ‘Switzerland of the Middle East’ during the 50s and 60s, Lebanon’s prosperous post-war economy saw its capital...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: October/2025
