Reviews
El Ndjoum
Algerian singer Sofiane Saidi and Mazalda, a rai-crazy band of seven funky exponents of electronic and acoustic sounds, collaborate successfully...
Reviewed by Marwan Shamiyeh in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Waterbound
The Norwich-based folk trio of Christina Alden, Alex Patterson and Noel Dashwood have been determinedly ‘homespun’ on their previous two...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2020
5ed Round
Ever thought that the Celts and the Arabs, or other Mediterranean people like the ancient Greeks, could be close relatives?...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: May/2016
¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta!
Old-time music – that pre-modern amalgam of all the most exciting bits of 19th and early 20th century enter¬tainment careering...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012
Kodhi: Trevor Warren's Adventures with Ayub Ogada
In the late 80s Ayub Ogada was one of the great ‘discoveries’ of WOMAD. His 1993 album En Mana Kuoyo...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2015
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
Ukubonga
Lorraine Klaasen & Mongezi Ntaka
It was astonishing how quickly the resistance music of the townships – The Indestructible Beat of Soweto, as it was memorably...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2023
When the Sun Goes In
After touring extensively for 12 years with the band Maia, Robinson has recently preferred to explore the more traditional roots...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021
