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Two decades into a career that began by defining the Asian Underground scene, Karsh Kale's work has continued to develop...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: May/2016
Taverne, Café Amán e Tekés
Orchestra Bailam have been around since 1989, with a respectable backlist discography still available. The core group of five guys...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Kamale Blues
That Harouna Samaké has been Salif Keita's kamalengoni player for the past 17 years tells you all you need to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018
First Farewell
This is a remarkable album by a singersongwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist and writer who grows more impressive as the years go...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2021
Resistance
The hard-hitting sextet from Ottawa struts its stuff again. It may be the band's first all-vocal album and there may...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2015
Juno Concerto
When writing compositions dedicated to a child, artists have to be careful not to cross the line into sentimentality. The...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2017
They Say Humans Exist
Jacob Young, David Rothenberg & Sidiki Camara
Three musicians from three continents got together in a studio in the woods outside Oslo for two days of collective...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2020
A World of Masks
The Heliocentrics rose to prominence through high-profile collaborations with old masters such as Ethio-jazz king Mulatu Astatke, Afrobeat saxophonist Orlando...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2017
The Art of the Portuguese Fado Guitar
Custódio Castelo is one of today's finest players of the 12-stringed Portuguese guitar. He is perhaps best known as the...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: July/2011
Tidings
Tidings opens with ‘Two Magicians’, a traditional song in which a woman, to escape the sexual advances of a blacksmith,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
