Reviews
Addoh
On this, his debut album, guitarist and singer Oumar Konaté seeks to place himself among the ever-growing pantheon of Mali's...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Kindred Souls
Nothing should really surprise us in the global village of world music any more, but even so Adrian Freedman’s CV...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2021
Miyan ki Todi – Bombay 1968
The honorific Dagar is synonym¬ous with dhrupad, one of the world’s oldest classical vocal genres. Zia Mohiuddin, who died in...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Sonoridade Pólvora
Hailing from Bahia, Brazil, but brought to us by a Swedish record label, the singer-songwriter Ian Lasserre plies determinedly unassuming,...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: August/2017
The Gap
It's been five long years since India Electric Co released their debut, The Girl I Left Behind Me. In that...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
I am Suffering
Agongo – full name Jacob Abagnagongo – plays the kologo, a two-stringed calabash lute which is the typical instrument of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Fifty Verses
In 2010 Nancy Kerr & James Fagan (winners of Best Duo at the BBC Folk Awards) found life on their...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2013
Hawaii to Calcutta: A Tribute to Tau Moe
Bhattacharya is an extraordinary musician. He may be best known for inventing the slide guitars that allow him to play...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2017
