Reviews
Flea Market Music
Leonardo Marques, guitarist of Udora and sound recordist to the likes of Milton Nascimento, returns with a fourth solo project,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2022
Harley Kimbro Lewis
Collectively, Martin Harley, Daniel Kimbro and Sam Lewis draw upon low country and backwoods blues, Appalachian folk balladry, cosmopolitan R&B...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2022
Peace in Africa
Cheikh Ibra Fam might not be a familiar name for many outside of Senegal, but this multi-instrumentalist and singer has...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2021
Wasla
Tarek Abdallah & Adel Shams El-Din
Looking back over the last 20 years, it's amazing how the oud has risen from rank-and-file member of the takht...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2015
Jigdoll
The album begins with a soft low hum, then lyrical vocal layers build up, like cumulus clouds across a twilight...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2016
Bande Italiane
Look at a map of southern Europe, think raucous brass bands and you’re probably drawn to the Balkans – Serbia...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Every Song Has its End: Sonic Dispatches from Traditional Mali
Over the last few years the Bamako-based producer Paul Chandler has travelled across Mali making field recordings of traditional musicians...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016
