Reviews
Flash Company
There’s a fine line between music that’s tight and that which is so polished it has lost its soul. For...
Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: Apr/May/2013
Antipody
When is a duo not a duo? When it sounds like a chorus. Okay, as a joke it perhaps doesn’t...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: January/February/2022
Sarawoga
Dedicated to his son Sam, who died in a tragic car accident, the Zimbabwean veteran’s latest album opens with the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2013
Sweden Norway: Norrspel
Ocora's long history of field recordings has played an important role in the documentation of musical traditions from around the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2015
A History of Insolence
Naomi Bedford is no stranger to political activism, nor is she afraid of emotionally-charged subject matter, as her acclaimed 2011...
Reviewed by Tom Ryder in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
I Met Her By The River
The stately and elegant opening title-track of Jobarteh's latest album suggests we can expect a solo kora record rooted deeply...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Tree Dimensional Tunes
Former Finnish ballet dancer Maarika Autio went to West Africa to study kora and the diatonic balafon, which is rarely...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: October/2021
Trovaores
Antonio Placer Sextet & Antonio Campos
Antonio Placer is a Galician singer, poet and songwriter who describes himself as ‘exiled’ in France. Trovaores, his latest release...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: March/2021
