Reviews

Water of Life

Maajo

Water of Life is the third album from Afro-Finnish collective Maajo, a group who have built a reputation for melding...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

Estrellas

Guts

This is a glorious album that was never supposed to happen. Fabrice Henri, the French hip-hop producer better known as...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

Sweet Tooth

Mali Obomsawin

Here's a heady blend of ancestral Native American and Canadian First Nations culture and the emotive energy of contemporary free...

Reviewed in issue March/2023

Casa Guilhermina

Ana Moura

Rosalía totally changed the flamenco game, redefining the genre for the 21st century. Of course, she promptly crossed the border...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry (1955-69)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Encouraged by an Indonesian government keen to engender ideas of national identity in the newly independent country, a raft of...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Doghouse

Kottarashky & The Rain Dogs

All is quiet on the Balkan front of late. One exception from the region is this jazzy new release from...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Three Seconds | Kolme Toista

Jussi Reijonen

Finnish guitarist and oud player Jussi Reijonen has allowed nearly a decade to pass between his debut album and this...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Freehand

Kabantu

Having witnessed much of Freehand being performed by this eclectic ensemble earlier in the year, it is a pleasure to...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Desde un Nuevo Lugar

Santiago Molina

This impressive debut album from Buenos Aires-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Santiago Molina subtly draws together original compositions and artful reworkings...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023

Tudo o Que Move

Orfélia

Antera and Filipe Mattos first met in Berlin and were drawn to each other by their common language: Portuguese. She...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2023