Reviews
Travelers
Three years ago, the Brooklyn-based artist collective Found Sound Nation and the US embassy in Islamabad collaborated to launch the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2017
Orion Congregation
Ahmed Ag Kaedy is perhaps best known as one of the four musicians featured in Mali Blues, a documentary examining...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: November/2018
Douce Errance
Now resident in France, where he is best known as a film and TV actor, the Japanese-born Kengo Saito is...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025
Cool Down the Heat
Junior Murvin became reggae’s falsetto voice of choice with his 1976 hit ‘Police and Thieves’, a song whose popularity in...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2025
Soldater og Redelig Sjømenn
If you're seeking an earthy slice of Norwegian life, look no further. The title translates as ‘Soldiers and Honest Sailors’;...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2020
Sharpener
The Hackney Colliery Band have achieved greater popularity than any other contemporary British brass band through regular performances and savvy...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
Jamaica is the Place to Go
This two-CD set follows 2013's Mento, Not Calypso! by further exploring the 1950s mento scene. Often overshadowed by Trinidad's golden...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: October/2015
Pannonian Songs
Andrea Rost is one of Hungary’s best-known opera singers, with an international career performing at opera houses from La Scala...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2012
Change
This kora- and balafon-playing singer-songwriter from Guinea is best known for his dashing presence within the ranks of Afro Celt...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: December/2015
Itai Kriss & Telavana
The flautist Itai Kriss grew up in Israel, where he absorbed an array of musical traditions from Morocco to the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2018
