Reviews

Beyond the Pale

Bush Gothic

Gather around the campfire… Bush Gothic have 12 tracks’ worth of tales to tell. Of convicts and cattle wranglers, miners...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Sun God

Sunday Driver

British fusion band Sunday Driver’s latest release is their first since the EP Flo in 2014. While Flo was a...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Indo-Arabic Variations

Baligh Hamdi & Magid Khan

As this 1980 album has been increasing in value over the years (original copies appear to go for around £50...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Gabba

Gabba

A fascinating, self-titled debut here from Norwegian band Gabba, whose music has been garnering extremely positive reviews in their native...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Lovers Rock: The Soulful Sound of Romantic Reggae

VARIOUS ARTISTS

An episode of Steve McQueen’s acclaimed BBC television series Small Axe stimulated renewed interest in lover’s rock, the Black British...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Perspectives on Tradition

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Don’t let the title fool you – this collaborative release of covers from UK future-folk duo Stick in the Wheel...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Made by Human Hands

Grand Union Orchestra

Grand Union have been making communal, culturally expansive and embracing music for four decades now, with a strong legacy of...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

WEMA

WEMA

London-based trio Penya set the bar high with last year’s self-titled album, a club-friendly clash of rhythms from Cuba to...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Pieds Nus

Soadan

Grégory Audrain, Jean-Marie Lemasson and Armel Goupil are the three multi-instrumentalists that make up French fusion group Soadan. After spending...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Oras Dezaoradas

Lily Henley

Lily Henley is a storyteller. Here she weaves traditional Sephardic Jewish ballads (alongside three originals) into her own melodic compositions,...

Reviewed in issue July/2022