Reviews
Reconnect
Sonia Aimy sings, in her silky, melodious tones, ‘salaam alaikum.’ Set to gentle, chugging Afrobeat, the traditional Muslim greeting is...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2021
Cissoko Heritage
Born in the Casamance region of southern Senegal, Maher Cissoko’s claim to be the 73rd generation of a griot family...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2021
Lolo
There is no way you are going to be able to sit still when listening to Swedish producer Jan Bogdan...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Overtones
It's perhaps a measure of the subtlety of the music that the liner notes to this new addition to Harmonia...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: November/2016
Molly Tigre
This Brooklyn quintet's eponymously named debut (available digitally and on cassette) features a twin saxophone front-line, with Mitch Marcus and...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Bhutan Himalaya: Folk Music from Bhutan
This album seems to hark back to earlier, more simple times. Bhutan, bordering India and Tibet, conjures up images of...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: May/2017
Dreamless Days
The Meadows are a family band of four siblings: sisters Melody, Fantasia and Titania Meadows, and their brother, Harvey. Harvey...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2021
El Boom Boom
Now here’s a turn up for the books. The indefatigable Tumi Records of Bath has stumbled across a compilation containing...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010
Peggy's Dream
Martin Hayes & The Common Ground Ensemble
Lovers of The Gloaming will be expecting the best from Clare fiddler extraordinaire Martin Hayes and the Common Ground Ensemble,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2023
