Reviews
Zoy Zoy
It would be unfair to say that our taste for the Touareg blues style known as assouf, pioneered by Tinariwen...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2015
Gabriel Saglio et les Vieilles Pies
Gabriel Saglio et les Vieilles Pies
World music fusions have often resulted in some pointless sonic stews, and Gabriel Saglio, a Toulouse-based artist, has come up...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Jorden Svart
This is timeless Scandinavian simplicity itself: the dark-edged voice of Maria Järventaus set against the virtuosic strings of Gabbi Dluzewski....
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: July/2019
Be Here Whenever
Danielle de Gruttola, Henry Kaiser, Benedicte Maurseth & Stein Urheim
After the plaintively beautiful but solitary sound of Benedicte Maurseth’s self-titled solo album (reviewed in the November 2019 issue, #152),...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Reflections of Palestine
One of the good news stories to come out of the despair of the first Intifada was how music guided...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2012
Shalom Salam
Senegalese reggae singer Niominka Bi, whose name means ‘the fisherman’ in the Wolof language, has been around on the French...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2010
Transparent Water
In October 2000 Cuban pianist Omar Sosa made his UK debut in the most inauspicious surroundings: the bar of Glasgow’s...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2017
Itku
Itku is the third studio album from Okra Playground, a Finnish six-piece who, since their 2015 debut, Turmio, have rightfully...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2022
2
When they recorded their first album, the American-Irish supergroup had no idea it would be so successful. Their five-night string...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2016
