Reviews
Lindé
After years of playing with Ali Farka Touré, Afel Bocoum seemed well placed to take over the great man’s mantle...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
Culture Kin
It has been seven years since the last album from this San Francisco string quartet led by Irene Sazer (a...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: November/2019
OPE
Since moving to the US more than 30 years ago, percussionist Sikiru Adepoju has played his talking drums with the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2021
Cool
For most artists, the obligatory Tin Pan Alley standards album usually coincides with their qualification for a free bus pass....
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Circadian
Last year's Parasol Peak release (a Top of the World review in #143) was a milestone in Manu Delago's career....
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2019
El Viaje
What a lovely album this is: a work of fluid yet inventive piano compositions rooted in classical, nodding to jazz...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2016
Parfum de Jasmin
There is something very Western-centric and media-friendly about the fashion for naming popular uprisings after colours, seasons and horticulture. It’s...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2012
¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta!
Old-time music – that pre-modern amalgam of all the most exciting bits of 19th and early 20th century enter¬tainment careering...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012
Tributo Desde Londres a Cali
After a smash-hit album with Salsa with Vibraphone, Dorance Lorza & Sexteto Café are back. The music here is pleasant,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
