Reviews
Planting Trees
Abdoulaye Koné, aka Kandiafa, is part of a long line of Mande griots including great-grandfather Djigui and his uncle, Mama...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: April/2021
Bulevar 2000
Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible
When the Tijuana DJs and musicians Ramón Amezcua (aka Bostich) and Pepe Mogt (aka Fussible) presented this album at the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2011
Stafnbúi
Steindór Andersen & Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
In recent years the Icelandic singer (and fisherman) Steindór Andersen has revived the art of rímur singing, performing these ancient...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2015
Isle of the Eagle
’Isle Of The Eagle’ is a song from Achill, the largest of the isles off Ireland’s west coast, written by...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2023
Tales from the Weeping Willow: Songs of Murder, Death and Sorrow
Traditional folk songs – they’ve got a body count to put gangsta rap to shame. Naomi Bedford has had a...
Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: Jan/Feb/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
Néo
The title of this recording, the first album of original compositions by Japanese-American instrumentalist Kaoru Watanabe, can loosely be translated...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2016
Okan Project
Israeli keyboardist Omer Kringel took his recording equipment on the road for five weeks, from Spain to South America, Angola...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Northern Khmer Spirit Music in Thailand
Kantrum boran, the traditional music of Northern Khmer people, is found in the lower north-eastern Thai provinces of Surin, Sri...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: August/September/2022
An tSLí
Bernard O’Neill has an impressive history. A classically-trained pianist and cellist, he has played double bass for the likes of...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2020
