Reviews
Ring Road
Mohamed Abozekry & Heejaz Extended
Based in France for over five years, the young Egyptian oud virtuoso Mohamed Abozekry recently presented his second album in...
Reviewed by Jean Berry in issue: June/2015
Wild Games
There's a rugged earthiness and authenticity about Vedan Kolod. The name in old Russian means ‘Prophetic Tree’, although as a...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2020
Sonic Migration
The Subsonic Trio brings together musicians from Brazil, Finland and Australia – no longer such a surprise in our globalised...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2017
AMzer: Seasons
No one could dispute that Breton musician Alan Stivell almost single-handedly revived global interest in the Breton harp and, indeed,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Passeport
From the moment Lassana Sané, aka Lass, gently launches into the opening track ‘Massamba’, the listener is aware of the...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2024
Ayobaness! The Sound of South African House
‘This is the new Africa,’ declares the liner notes. But it isn't really. House music has been thudding out of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2010
Live in Basel
Baba Sissoko & Mediterranean Blues
Baba Sissoko’s sound is unashamedly grounded in the classic sounds of Chicago blues pioneered by the likes of Muddy Waters...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: June/2025
Acqua Marina
Led by multi-instrumentalist Charif Megarbane, Beirut-based trio Prefaces’ music transplants surf rock from its traditional Californian heartland to the coasts...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: October/2025
The King of History
Daniel Misiani came to the attention of non-Kenyans in the late 80s with two albums released in the UK that...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2010
