Global Music Column – February
Polobi & the Gwo Ka Masters – Abri Cyclonique The voice of 69-year-old Guadeloupean singer Moïse Polobi is a uniquely powerful presence....
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- Jan 6
Global Music Column – January
Rian Treanor and Ocen James – Saccades Within the grid-based continuum of contemporary electronic music, Rotherham producer Rian Treanor...
- Dec 30, 2022
The 10 best global albums of 2022
10. Liew Niyomkarn – I Think of Another Time When You Heard It Sound artist Liew Niyomkarn’s latest album wove poignant field recordings...
- Dec 6, 2022
London Jazz Festival Showcases New Means, Methods of Expression
Over the past 30 years, U.K. jazz has taken on multiple, ever-changing guises. From the genre-spanning fusions of the group Polar Bear,...
- Dec 2, 2022
Global Music Column – December
Various Artists – Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition Into the Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986 Anchored in hip-swaying, syncopated clave rhythm...
- Nov 30, 2022
Stormzy steps back from grime in his introspective new album
Few artists can claim to lead mainstream British rap like Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo junior, an artist from south London known as...
- Nov 9, 2022
Global Music Column – December
Cheick Tidiane Seck – Kelena Fôly There are few places to hide on a solo piano record. The often fragile and expressive format has been a...
- Oct 10, 2022
Autechre – Barbican, London
Over the past decade, British experimental electronic duo Autechre have been playing live shows in the dark. Not the darkness of a...
- Oct 7, 2022
Global Music Column – November
Sarathy Korwar – Kalak Sarathy Korwar has a light touch behind the drum kit. Since debuting with 2016’s Day to Day, where he mixed the...
- Sep 9, 2022
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...
- Sep 5, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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...
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