Reviews
He is #1
The Malawi Mouse Boys take their name from how they make their living when not playing music – selling mice...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2012
Future Trad Collective
The Future Trad Collective's music has the aura of a mighty jam session. The creation of three musicians who all...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011
Desesperanza
In Bogotá’s alternative music scene Meridian Brothers are quite rightly hailed as one of Colombia’s most interesting and enjoyable musical...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Sublime Strings – South Indian Classical Music
The violinist Lalgudi Jayaraman is part of a long line of disciples of the famous Tyagaraja, an 18th-century composer and...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2011
Racines
The Ivory Coast reggae singer Tiken Jah Fakoly continues his penchant for melding Jamaican and West African styles, going a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Officium Novum
Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble
In 1993 The Hilliard Ensemble released an album of early music polyphony with Jan Garbarek improvisi ng a saxophone line...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
North India
This re-release is a recording of the first concert given by the now-forgotten sitar maestro Pramod Kumar. Trained in tabla,...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2017
Blue Tsapiky
Claude Teta is a guitarist and vocalist from Madagascar and here he is joined by a singer called Kirasoa, who...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Central African Republic: Gbáyá Music – Thinking Songs
The Gbáyá are one of the largest ethnic groups in an area spanning the border of the Central African Republic...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2019
Lusafrica 30th Anniversary Album
The 30th anniversary of Lusafrica is certainly cause for celebration. Having exposed the world to musical giants such as Cesaria...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
