Reviews
Mabrouk
The polyrhythms of Gnawa music have long lent themselves to jazz: Pharaoh Sanders, Don Cherry and Bill Laswell all famously...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Thanks for Listening
Fans of the long-running weekly radio show A Prairie Home Companion may already be familiar with some of these songs:...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2018
16 Rayos
The word ‘mambo’ conjures up shimmying couples almost losing themselves to crazed percussion. But the dance craze was, in fact,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2021
New York Afternoon
Any momentary disquiet on hearing guest vocalist Marc Evans’ lounge-lizard take on the title-track was quickly dispelled by what follows....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2016
Luxe
Yann Tambour is a French singer and composer who records under the name Encre and also Stranded Horse. He plays...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2016
Simigwa
On the opening track of this album, which was originally released in 1975, the Ghanaian bandleader Gyedu-Blay Ambolley recites a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2018
Volume Two
Next time you’re thinking about hosting a square dance or a hoedown, give the Corn Potato String Band a holler....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2015
Songs from the Seasons
York-based Burnell has spent a year or so collecting and rearranging traditional tunes, releasing a song a week with the...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: June/2018
Melodic Melange
Anders Hagberg & Ahmad Al Khatib
Ahmad Al Khatib's last CD, Sabîl, was one of the most impressive solo oud recordings to have appeared in recent...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2015
Sin Aperture
Well, this is a strange album. Sin Aperture is the debut from a London-based, self-declared ‘adventure musician’ named James Adams....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2015
