Reviews

Veer

Griselda Sanderson & Ricardo de Noronha

Griselda Sanderson and Ricardo de Noronha met on stage a couple of years ago and have been making music together...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2017

A Wonder Working Stone

Alasdair Roberts & Friends

Roberts'previous album, Too long in This Condition, focused on the ancient, traditional wing of the folk repertoire, and proved to...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2013

Out of Many, One Music! Songs That Shaped Jamaica

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The three-CD set Out of Many, One Music! follows the earlier It's Jamaica Jump Blues Time! and Feel So Fine:The...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Ifetayo; Glory of Om; Anoda Sistem; ‘Oduduwa’ [single]

Oluko Imo / Black Truth Rhythm Band

With the blessing of his widow, Soundway Records have re-released three landmark albums and a single from the much underrated...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: May/2024

No Borders

Hugh Masekela

At 78 years young, Masekela sounds as fiercely committed and as vibrant as ever on what is the 44th album...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2017

The Resonance Between

Alam Khan, Arjun K Verma, Jack Perla & Del Sol Quartet

While there are countless East-West fusions out there, there are few that sound as effortlessly meant to be as this...

Reviewed by Alexndra Petropoulos in issue: December/2023

Do Claro ao Breu

Sopa de Pedra

Sopa de Pedra are a Portuguese vocal ten-piece that got together ten years ago – which some may know already...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2022

Our Latin Thing

Fania All-Stars

This special edition package celebrates the 40th anniversary of a very special night. On Thursday August 26 1971, the stellar...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Timeline

Suarasama

Suarasama, which means ‘one voice’, is a small ensemble of musicians and ethnomusicologists from North Sumatra. Formed in 1995 by...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: June/2023

Incantations

Mohammadali Najafpour

In recent years, there has been an effort to broaden the expressional potentials of Iranian classical music. The genre has...

Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: May/2022