Reviews

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

Macadam

schroothoop

The Belgian trio schroothoop make their own instruments, recycled from plastic, metal and wood. Their obsession is to construct shadow...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Scuru Cauru

Crimi

Scuru Cauru, Crimi's second album, kicks off with the bubbling of a water pipe and a vague background ditty suggestive...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Gojo

Fendika & K-Sanchis

For 14 years, the Fendika ensemble have represented the Addis Ababa azmaribet (traditional Ethiopian music-house) of the same name, serving...

Reviewed in issue July/2023