Reviews
Yene Alem
Etenesh Wassie & Mathieu Sourisseau
The collaboration between Ethiopian singer Etenesh Wassie and the French bass guitarist Mathieu Sourisseau has already yielded one album back...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2018
Hommage à Marcel Dadi
Tunisian-born French guitarist Marcel Dadi was a master of the fingerpicking style associated with Chet Atkins and Merle Travis. A...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: May/2017
Take Me to the Dance
Though Freshlyground is a pan-African outfit, with members from Mozambique and Zimbabwe, the bohemian Cape Town septet is undoubtedly a...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2013
How Shall I Say?
Ghazals are at the core of the Urdu literary tradition, which reached its zenith in North India during the 1...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2011
Breath & Hammer
Clarinettist David Krakauer played with The Klezmatics before forging a distinctive solo career that pushes at the boundaries of many...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2020
Ailan Songs Project: Four Winds
Indigenous singer and social historian Jessie Lloyd is the daughter of Joe Geia, a member of pioneering 1970s/80s Aboriginal band...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2022
Muslims and Christians
The vaults of the golden era of Ethio-jazz have been pretty much exhausted by the wonderful Éthiopiques series - but...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
The Last Star
A veteran of the Irish music scene in New York, Talbot honed her craft in wedding bands before touring and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Bossanova: Cool Bossa Nova & Hip Samba Sounds from Rio De Janeiro
In the opening ceremony of Rio's Olympics, there was a moment when supermodel Gisele Bündchen made the stadium her private...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2016
Three Letters from Sarajevo
In a career spanning more than three decades, Goran Bregović has gone from Yugoslavian rock star to populariser of brassy...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
