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Noonday Dream revisited: How one gig opened my eyes to the full beauty of Ben Howard’s latest album

Noonday Dream revisited: How one gig opened my eyes to the full beauty of Ben Howard’s latest album

Released back in June 2018, Ben Howard’s Noonday Dream was drastically unlike any of his previous works, dividing fans and critics alike. Initially panned by many (music writer Alex Large included) for its sombre and desolate tones , the album is a slow burner that has to be experienced live

By Alex Large

Kobala Revisited: Afriquoi storm XOYO

Afriquoi describe themselves simply as an “afro supergroup” who perform “live African dance music fusing Congolese guitar + Gambian kora virtuosity with UK electronic sensibilities”. Its band members: Andre Marmot (on percussion), Jally Kebba Susso (kora), Fiston Lusambo (guitar), Andre Espeut (voice) and Nico Bentley (production) certainly live up to this

By Artur Donaldson