Reviews
Songbooks_Vol_1
The Ligeti Quartet perform a series of pieces by British composer Christian Mason, inspired by two very different traditions of...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2020
Em Cantos de Òrìsà
A post-graduate in Afro-Brazilian history and culture from the Federal University of Bahia, Irma Ferreira is not only an academic...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2023
Les Secrets du Ciel
Yann Falquet is best-known as the singer and guitarist who co-founded the award-winning Québécois folk trio Genticorum, celebrated for their...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2024
Echoes of Africa
The Invisible Session’s debut album came out in 2006 and now, just 15 years later, the follow-up is hot on...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2021
Growing Stone
The colourfully tasteful packaging might suggest that this American/ Brazilian collective see Growing Stone cosying up to the Putumayo compilations...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2012
Strong
As Iness Mezel's album opens she is very much mistress of her own funk-rock-fusion domain. Her powerful, heavily reverbed voice...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2015
Safari Boots
Safari Boots are a simple trio of guitar, bass and drums performing African guitar music with influences of predominantly Congolese...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Yeraz
Jivan Gasparyan Duduk Ensemble
There are few instruments as beautiful as the Armenian duduk. Its plaintive, reedy tone seems to exude melancholy. Djivan (or...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
A Thousand Cranes
Çiğdem Aslan is a Turkish-born, Hackney-based singer who first came to my attention when she joined She’Koyokh, the fabulous Balkan...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Baladi Blues Reloaded Volume II
Remixes are like recipes: it may be possible to create something thrilling out of very little but it really helps...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2016
