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
Released in his native Ireland in 2008, Cúinne An Ghiorria (The Hare's Corner) is the solo debut by Kíla co-founder...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2011
Still only in his mid 20s, Rutter has a sterling pedigree, having recorded with Seth Lakeman and Jackie Oates alongside...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2017
Hearts & Minds begins with a riff reminiscent of Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’. Which is somewhat surprising, given that Lakeman described...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2010
This enormous, virtuosic set is a collage from Paolo Angeli's solo dates – over 60 of them – performed across...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: October/2017
Tony Gatlif may be familiar from his films Latcho Drom and Gadjo Dilo, which had notable soundtracks. He's back with...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: December/2017
In his native Senegal, Batch Gueye performed mainly as a dancer, but since moving to Bristol, he has honed his...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
The inside-sleeve picture shows a wiry, resolute Woody Guthrie with guitar and harmonica round his neck and the album title...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
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