Reviews

While I Sit and Watch This Tree

Lizabett Russo

Lizabett Russo is a cool, gently hypnotic singer whose songs drift effortlessly between folk and jazz, with echoes of her...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Çhâñt Électrónïqúe Vol 1

Chant Electronique

‘We are very, very curious,' this aptly named international seven-piece collective suggests – and what a curious album this is....

Reviewed in issue March/2021

We Are

Lucidvox

Rich, dark, romantic, apocalyptic, brooding… The swirling aural textures of this Russian quartet's debut album give rise to a surfeit...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Solarius Gamma

Ozferti

Florian Doucet is a producer, guitarist and graphic designer formerly of Afro-Colombian party starters La Chiva Gantiva, but his masked...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Samā'ī

Azmari

When Belgian six-piece Azmari get into that Ethio-groove, they go in hard. The immediately distinctive Ethiopian kignit scales possess horn...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Silent Voices

Ayla Schafer

Singer-songwriter Ayla Schafer plays spellbinding folk music infused with Latin mystique. Her captivating new album carries a profound message of...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Diamond in the Rough

19th Street Band

Following 2017's The Things That Matter, 19th Street Band deliver Diamond in the Rough, a nine-track showcase for the core...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

In D

Brooklyn Raga Massive

After their extraordinary recording of Terry Riley's In C in 2017, the eclectic New York-based collective known as BRM follow...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

The Tunis Diaries

Emel

This is a sprawling double album from the highly cosmopolitan and experimental Tunisian-born, New York-based singer-songwriter Emel. Hot on the...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Lonely Hymns and Pillars of Emptiness

Iztok Koren

Conceived in isolation during the spring of 2020, this recording is the solo debut by multi-instrumentalist Iztok Koren (of Širom...

Reviewed in issue March/2021