Reviews
Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions
The friendship between Seu Jorge and Rogê goes back 25 years when the two aspiring musicians met at a gig...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2020
Abbar el Hamada
Since the death of the great Mariem Hassan, Aziza Brahim has become the most important voice for the Saharawi people,...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2016
Don't Worry, Be Gypsy
There's always been a high correlation between Bulgarian musicians of all callings and immense virtuosity, and the correlation becomes even...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: May/2023
Khyber Mail
It is hard to really know what to say about this disc, as it is so much of its time;...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2011
Ancient Sufi Invocations & Forgotten Songs From Aleppo
When Jason Hamacher, a punk drummer in Washington DC, read William Dalrymple's From the Holy Mountain, he contacted the author...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Mande Guitar: African Guitar Series, Vol 1
This first release on a new label launched by Banning Eyre, presenter of the Afropop Worldwide radio show and all-round...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
The Spirit of God & Madness
In the publicity for this five-person string-and-vocal group, their home base — Vancouver, British Columbia — is credited as being...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2018
The New Farming Scene
This is the third album from the Edinburgh-based band that brings together British folk songs with the American bluegrass style...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: October/2010
LAS
Brìghde Chaimbeul, Ross Ainslie & Steven Byrnes Haberlin
Now here’s something pretty remarkable, the first album of double C smallpipes to be released anywhere in the world. LAS...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2022
