Reviews
Fihi Ma Fihi
The brainchild of Melbourne-based musicians Murat Yucel and Alisha Brooks (of Unified Gecko and Baro Banda), Bashka's debut album features...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2017
Kaléidoscope
It's easy to feel the pulse of Afrobeat — funky, percussive grooves and jazzy arrangements often paired with conscious, passionate...
Reviewed by Jordan Barnes in issue: April/2017
Freedom Highway
The ‘freedom highway’ holds an iconic place in African-American folklore. It described the escape route for 19th-century slaves out of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2017
Cubafonía
This second album by Havana-born singer Daymé Arocena partly came about via ‘a platform for contemporary Cuban creativity driven by...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2017
Loïc Bléjean & Tad Sargent
The musicians of Brittany and Ireland have long held each other in high musical esteem and nowhere is this admiration...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2017
The Tinker's Dream
Although The Tinker's Dream is ostensibly a solo album, it sounds very much the product of a group. Chris Murphy,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2017
The Voice of Suka
This is a remarkable album. Maria Pomianowska is a Polish fiddle player who collaborates with musicians all over the world;...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2017
Lift
Koki Nakano with Vincent Segal
Anything that involves the French cellist and world music adventurer Vincent Segal is always worth hearing. Here, he teams up...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2017
Galanìas
Twelve years since Canti Delle Donne Sarde, the stunning debut from the female quintet who briskly defied the island's traditionally...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: April/2017
