Global Music Column – October
Mabe Fratti – Se Ve Desde Aquí Life after lockdown has been a time of creative change for Mabe Fratti. The Guatemalan cellist and...
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- Sep 5
Beatrice Dillon and Kuljit Bhamra – review
The release of producer Beatrice Dillon’s 2020 debut album, Workaround, heralded a unique talent. Over 14 compositions – each clipping...
- Aug 23
Jaubi, Union Chapel – review
Pakistani quartet Jaubi are best described as improvisers rather than a band that operates within a particular genre. Although their...
- Aug 16
Global Music Column – September
Star Feminine Band – In Paris Benin’s Star Feminine Band have had a remarkable journey to releasing their music. The seven-piece...
- Jul 24
Jamie T – The Theory of Whatever review
Fifteen years ago, Wimbledon singer-songwriter Jamie Treays – AKA Jamie T – released his debut album, Panic Prevention. Armed with a...
- Jul 15
Global Music Column – August
Lamin Fofana – The Open Boat Across the eight tracks of Lamin Fofana’s latest album trilogy, the Sierra Leonean producer builds on his...
- Jun 17
Global Music Column – July
Tumi Mogorosi – Group Theory ‘New Black music is this: find the self, then kill it.” The US poet Amiri Baraka wrote these words in the...
- May 20
Global Music Column – June
Auntie Flo & Sarathy Korwar – Shruti Dances Drummer and composer Sarathy Korwar has made a career of unifying unexpected collaborators....
- May 19
Kabul Goes Pop review – a fizzing tribute to bubblegum songs of hope
Early 00s pop TV was fertile ground for hyperactive performances. From the flirty cheek of TMi to the saccharine staging of CD:UK,...
- Apr 22
Global Music Column – May
Joe Rainey – Niineta The drum is central to powwow music. Singers beat in unison on its skin as their voices overlap with vibrato-laden...
- Mar 25
Global Music Column – April
Horace Andy – Midnight Rocker Few singers have better mirrored the mercurial sound of dub than Horace Andy. Finding prominence with a...
- Mar 16
Yves Tumor review – a star-making statement of intent
The last time I saw Sean Bowie, AKA Yves Tumor, they were shirtless and writhing on stage, wreathed in dry ice. Their tall frame paced...
- Feb 25
Global Music – March
Sélène Saint-Aimé: Potomitan In Haitian Vodou, the potomitan is the central pillar that holds up the temple. At its base is where ritual...
- Feb 19
Dave review – pyrotechnics and endearing vulnerability
Earlier this month, Streatham rapper Dave closed the Brit awards wielding an electric guitar that shot flames out of its neck while he...
- Jan 28
Global Music Column – February
Debit – The Long Count There is an uncanniness in listening to a musical instrument you have never heard being played for the first time....
- Dec 21, 2021
The 10 best global albums of 2021
10. Sarah Haras - Mirage Bahraini experimental producer Sarah Haras meanders between ambience and aggression on Mirage, warping the...
- Dec 10, 2021
Global Music Column – January
Various Artists – Tokyo Glow Japanese city pop is an enigmatic genre. Emerging in the late 1970s and peaking in popularity throughout the...
- Nov 17, 2021
Damon Locks – Black Monument Ensemble Review
Chicago has long been a home for the experimental fringes of improvised music. Ever since free jazz pianist Muhal Richard Abrams...
- Nov 15, 2021
Tony Allen: A Retrospective Review
In the 18 months since pioneering Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen died, the extent of his legacy has become increasingly apparent. Posthumous...
- Nov 12, 2021
Global Music Column – December
Juçara Marçal – Delta Estácio Blues Detroit rapper Danny Brown’s Atrocity Exhibition – his 2016 opus on exorcising inner demons via...