Reviews

Ayom

Ayom

There is always something rather inspiring about someone willing to take destiny into their own hands. That’s clearly the case...

Reviewed in issue January/2021

Unexpected Guests

Toronto Tabla Ensemble

The title-track of Unexpected Guests lives up to the billing. Bagpiper Craig Downie blares dramatically over a boisterous tabla beat....

Reviewed in issue January/2021

Atlas

Tune In

French production duo (and brothers) Harry and Xavier Veynand have chosen an appropriate title for their first album: it feels...

Reviewed in issue January/2021

Red Sonja

Lolomis

Three years on from their second album, Boukane, Lolomis have intensified their ongoing splicing process with a third collection, this...

Reviewed in issue January/2021

Ragas from Lahore

Tenderlonious

The musical pilgrimage route from West to East may be well-trodden, but it does not typically run through Woking. Little...

Reviewed in issue January/2021

Trouble Fête

Badi & Boddhi Satva

A collaboration between Belgian/African rapper Badi and producer Boddhi Satva, this politically charged record is for the disenchanted optimist. Composed...

Reviewed in issue January/2021

We Are Many

Soothsayers

Soothsayers – essentially, the duo of trumpeter Robin Hopcraft and saxophonist Idris Rahman working with a shifting ensemble of musicians...

Reviewed in issue January/2021

The Good Noise

Me Lost Me

The latest release from Me Lost Me, the musical project of British artist Jayne Dent, is an extraordinarymélange of field...

Reviewed in issue January/2021

Osmanity

Balkan Bump

Like rats jumping a sinking ship, world beat DJs have ditched the Balkans in favour of sounds further afield —...

Reviewed in issue January/2021

Yallah Mickey Mouse

Cyril Cyril

Cyril Yeterian (better known as the accordion playing frontman for Cajun blues band Mama Rosin) and fellow Genevan avant-garde experimentalist...

Reviewed in issue January/2021