Reviews
The Trance of Seven Colors
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders
The mystical Sufi music of the Moroccan Gnawa people has long been a source of fascination for jazz musicians attracted...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2020
The Roots of Chicha II
I imagine a lot of Peruvian women have enjoyed dancing on the dance floor to the female singer of Manzanita...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Branches of the Same Tree
Ghanaian-born reggae singer and humanitarian activist Rocky Dawuni has released a collection of uplifting ballads inspired by his travels through...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2015
Sunshine Day: The Boyhood Sessions
Richard Linklater spent 12 years making the 2014 movie Boyhood, a remarkable and sprawling investigation of the human condition refracted...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020
Mali Blues: The Film Soundtrack
This is the soundtrack to a documentary by the German filmmaker Lutz Gregor, which chronicles the return to Mali of...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2017
Thursday Night in the Caley
Hailing from the Highlands and islands, Blazin’ Fiddles have been stoking the flames since 1998, when they first got together...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2011
The Earth with her Crowns
Laura Cannell is an improvising musician who plays violin, often overbowing, a technique that allows her to sound all four...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Songs Without Authors Vol 1
Every emerging folk singer likes to think their interpretation offers the listener a chance to hear, to think, something new:...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: November/2021
Baba Toulenga
I'd wager that very few musicians under scrutiny in these pages, in this issue or any other, have graced the...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2011
Someone’s got to Pay
Anyone who’s seen this four-piece country band live will have been impressed by the way they manage to make serious...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: July/2010
