Reviews
Simido
Siltane, the explosive debut solo album by the singer Moonlight Benjamin, was a Top of the World in #141 and...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Calico Soul
The magic of like minds, especially musical ones, is that they often seem to meet serendipitously, and nowhere more so...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Houdoud
Houdoud, meaning ‘Frontier’, is the second album from the Paris-based ensemble Bab El West, and the theme of exploring borders...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
In Search of the Lost City of the Monkey God
The Sorcerers' second album presents itself as the ‘soundtrack to the motion picture,’ but don't be looking for it on...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Five Rivers
For more than 30 years, the British-born Indian singer Najma Akhtar has operated largely beneath the radar, releasing a series...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Wa
Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler
This really is like no other Middle Eastern recording you are likely to encounter and it is best to say...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Dance to the Full Moon
Invisible System is multi-instrumentalist and Frome resident Dan Harper, whose initial reputation was made via his Ethiopian fusion work, a...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Tàradh
Although the quartet have been making music together since 2006, this is Simon Tacker's Ritmata's debut album. It is worth...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
King'n'Doom
The core of King'n'Doom is Czech production and multi-instrumentalist duo Pavel Šmíd and Martin Piro, but the real heart of...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Navarasa: Nine Emotions
When the Scottish folk singer and guitarist James Yorkston, double bassist Jon Torne and the Indian sarangi maestro Suhail Yusuf...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
