Reviews
Shimmer Gold
The second release from Estonian trio Trad.Attack! picks up where their debut left off. ‘Talgo’ opens ferociously with a pounding...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2017
Mande Kulu
This is a sequel to 2015's Sangoyi, with the core collaboration between Malian residents Samba Diabaté and Vincent Zanetti (both...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2017
S'Habituer à l'Obscurité: ‘N om Gustumiñ Deus an Deñvalijenn
Christophe Le Menn, aka Krismenn, is a rapper and musician from Brittany. In keeping with the original spirit of hip-hop,...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: July/2017
Dawn Chorus
The solo studio project of multi-instrumentalist composer and producer Joe Acheson, Dawn Chorus is by turns lyrical, expansive, indulgent and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2017
Mulatu of Ethiopia
Mulatu of Ethiopia is the record where the ‘Father of Ethio-jazz’ really solidified his signature sound and earned himself that...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2017
Japanese Taiko
Joji Hirota & The London Taiko Drummers
Taiko drumming in a live setting is a visceral and hypnotic experience: the physicality of the drums and volume of...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2017
Jiw
It took eight years of personal introspection and musical exploration for the Dakar-based Sahad Sarr to bring out his debut...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2017
Ile de la Réunion: Maloya
Maloya is a style of music unique to La Réunion in the Indian Ocean. It is the secular version of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2017
Simultonality
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society
Simultonality features the Moroccan gimbri (lute), its bass fashioned from the skin of a camel's neck stretched across a wooden...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2017
The Beautiful & the Actual
This debut from the Wiltshire folk singer reveals something of a folk trend towards strong female singer-songwriters with illuminating and...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2017
