Reviews
A History of Insolence
Naomi Bedford is no stranger to political activism, nor is she afraid of emotionally-charged subject matter, as her acclaimed 2011...
Reviewed by Tom Ryder in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
I Met Her By The River
The stately and elegant opening title-track of Jobarteh's latest album suggests we can expect a solo kora record rooted deeply...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Tree Dimensional Tunes
Former Finnish ballet dancer Maarika Autio went to West Africa to study kora and the diatonic balafon, which is rarely...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: October/2021
Trovaores
Antonio Placer Sextet & Antonio Campos
Antonio Placer is a Galician singer, poet and songwriter who describes himself as ‘exiled’ in France. Trovaores, his latest release...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: March/2021
Mosese
The man behind BBE's latest Tabansi Records re-release, recorded in Nigeria in 1979, hails from the Congo basin: Lumingu Puati...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: December/2019
The Rough Guide to the Music of West Africa
This latest update to the Rough Guide series of explorations of West African music serves as a useful reminder of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2017
Turn to Fray
This debut from the Brighton duo of Laura Ward and Adam Ronchetti is the latest release from the prolific Sussex...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2019
Andy Irvine/Paul Brady
Not quite the first reissue as claimed by publicity (a 2008 CD having beaten it to the punch), but a...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2022
Naath
To say that Emmanuel Jal has had a chequered career would be an understatement. A child solider in Sudan, he...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2020
The Drip
Recorded with seven other prominent West-Canadian Jazz musicians and featuring vocalist Karimah, this latest release by Canadian-Brazilian bassist Rubim de...
Reviewed by George Newton in issue: November/2023
