Reviews

Kokuu

Timo Alakotila & Yuka Fujino

Last year, the prolific Finnish pianist Timo Alakotila and Japanese accordion player Yuka Fujino released Seiras, which they followed with...

Reviewed in issue June/2025

Koyo

Zar Electrik

Zar Electrik are a trio from Marseille who deserve to become stars of the Afro-electro dance scene thanks to this...

Reviewed in issue June/2025

El Sonido Bastardo

Danzón El Gato

Madrid’s Danzón El Gato occupy a similar sonic space to US band Khruangbin, melding psychedelic rock influences with a plethora...

Reviewed in issue June/2025

Diboli

Tamala

The Tamala quartet certainly draw inspiration from an eclectic range of cultural influences. Led by the impassioned vocals of Mola...

Reviewed in issue June/2025

La Marche du Bonheur

&Fusion

Celebrating cultural differences, the richness of their respective heritages and the chance to further decolonise France’s imperial past, this virtuosic...

Reviewed in issue June/2025

Seasons of the Road

Alsarah & The Nubatones

Alsarah released her solo debut, Aljawal with Soundway Records in 2013. Two albums mixing East African and modern influences with...

Reviewed in issue June/2025

Djiyo

Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto

Anyone who heard Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto on their last collaboration, Instant from 2022, will probably want to hear...

Reviewed in issue June/2025

Mirror

Trilok Gurtu with Arkè String Quartet

Two decades ago, the Italian-based Arkè String Quartet appeared as special guests on Gurtu’s 2004 album Broken Rhythms, followed two...

Reviewed in issue June/2025

Live at Another Sky Festival

AMMAR 808

Recorded live at London’s Café Oto during their Another Sky Festival in September 2023, this is a hypnotic and exhilarating...

Reviewed in issue June/2025

Rammana

Salin

I first heard about Salin from Haitian jazz artists in Montréal who told me she was the best drummer in...

Reviewed in issue June/2025