Reviews
Tanto Tempo (25th Anniversary)
Some 25 years ago, everything was going electronic. Every musical genre was subjected to experiments with digital beats and instruments,...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: February/March/2026
Sunrise To Sunset
Known as Israel’s first female hang drum (aka handpan) artist, Meyuhas is a percussionist, composer and educator who has spent...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2026
Les Bateaux
Malian guitarist and singer Mamadou Kelly is a graduate of the bands of both Ali Farka Touré and Afel Bocoum,...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2020
Kassa
We first heard Mali’s Adama Yalomba on the 2003 Festival au Desert compilation. Then the trail went cold again. Kassa...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2010
The Rough Guide to Ethiopian Jazz
Rough Guides turns its attention to the wonderful world of Ethio-jazz. The trap of focusing only on Buda Musique's landmark...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2016
Windrush
As a Pennsylvaniaborn singer-songwriter and mandolinist married to a Frenchwoman and living in Cambridgeshire during the Brexit tussles, it’s perhaps...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2020
Un Canadien Errant
This is a three-way collaboration between Québécois fiddle and piano playing singer Sophie Lavoie, and uilleann piper and banjo player...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2017
Taling Dimalu: Beautiful Tales
Kora player Kadialy Kouyaté has woven a stellar reputation since arriving in London from Casamance, southern Senegal in 2003. Born...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2019
7 Billion
It's good, for her health's sake, that New York-based ghazal singer Kiran Ahluwalia isn’t one of those artists, like Led...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2018
