Reviews
A Curious Compendium of Crooked Irish Tunes Vol 1
It’s safe to say that Dr Dave Flynn is something of an iconoclast. The composer and guitarist behind the Irish...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2023
Aguajes de Mar y Manglar
Taking inspiration from the mystic waters of the Naya, Yurumanguí and Achincayá rivers, Aguajes de Mar y Manglar (Marshes and...
Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: November/2023
Dama Bëgga Ñibi (I Want to Go Home)
In the spring of 2020, Bakane Seck, the Senegalese percussionist and founder of Dakar’s Jeri Jeri Band, found himself stranded...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024
Tears of the Sun
The sophomore album from rising Nigerian star Teni is an Afrobeats-tastic affair in which the artist sings and raps in...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2024
Eu Andava Como Se Fosse Voar
A title that translates as ‘I Walked as if I Were Flying’ somehow suggests this north-eastern Brazilian singer’s ambition both...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2024
Un Hombre de Buenos Aires
Jazz and tango had parallel evolutions, emerging in marginalised areas, gravitating to their respective centres and then going global. When...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2024
Waillee Waillee
Released in 1978, Waillee Waillee is the second full-length album from Dorothy Carter, composer, Mediæval Bæbes founder and master of...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: March/2024
This is What I Want to Say
Throughout a career spanning 40 years, nearly that many albums and thousands of live performances, the Welsh singer-songwriter with the...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2024
Supra
Globetrotting sound artist Dijf Sanders’ latest sonic trip was to Georgia in the South Caucasus in 2022. Previous field recording...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: March/2024
