Reviews
Cool Funeral Beer: Day 1 – The Creation of the Final Ancestor Shrine
This is the first instalment of a remarkable three-part project of music inspired by traditional funeral ceremonies in Ghana. The...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2023
Melokáane
Born in Senegal but resident in Canada for the past 20 years, percussionist Elage Diouf has toured the world with...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2017
Henry Martin
Some voices just hit you right in the guts. One of those is that of Hannah Martin – the Devon...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2021
The Berlin Session
In the 1980s, Dur-Dur Band were one of Somalia's biggest groups, in high demand and performing their uniquely Somali disco...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2023
Black Cowboys
On his third solo album, one of the founders of the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops explores the history of African-American...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018
Teeth of Time
Belfast-based singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside’s latest album ranges from the atmospheric opener ‘Teeth of Time: Mountain’ – its first half a...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2025
Heart's Ease
In 2016, one of the more remarkable musical comebacks came with the release of Lodestar, Shirley Collins’ first recordings for...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Kenya-Congo Connection: From the Archives of Audio Productions, Nairobi, Kenya
There are several compilations of East African recordings that show the strong link between Congolese guitar-band music and bands located...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Nada Ananda
Simon Thacker & the Nava Rasa Ensemble
This disc brings together two composers – one British, one of Indian descent. Both have a taste for the eclectic,...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2011
In the Mood for the Nouba
For serious students of North African music and aficionados of the rarified and demanding canon of Arab– Andalus poetic tradition,...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: July/2011
