Reviews
African Scream Contest 2
It's been a decade since the release of the first African Scream Contest compilation. Much like that fascinating collection of...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2018
Taverne, Café Amán e Tekés
Orchestra Bailam have been around since 1989, with a respectable backlist discography still available. The core group of five guys...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Nomad Songs
For his 21st ECM album, Stephan Micus employs no fewer than nine instruments from different cultures, but focuses principally on...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: October/2015
Resistance
The hard-hitting sextet from Ottawa struts its stuff again. It may be the band's first all-vocal album and there may...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2015
Juno Concerto
When writing compositions dedicated to a child, artists have to be careful not to cross the line into sentimentality. The...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2017
Let Me Out
War is not always amenable to great art. Feelings of horror, loss and grief give rise to a sense that...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: March/2023
A Nigerian Retrospective 1966-79
Soundway are on a roll at the moment, with new projects and compilations such as this that steadily mine the...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Vamos a Bailar un Son (Special Edition)
Eliades Ochoa | Eliades Ochoa & Alejandro Almenares
A new record by the greatest living exponent of eastern Cuban traditional son, showcasing again his unmistakeable nasal guajiro voice...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: December/2022
Ghalia Benali sings Oum Kalthoum
A subtle sifting through the Kalthoum songbook. Raised in Tunisia but now living in Brussels, Ghalia Benali has explored many...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: October/2010
Leila
The competition is getting tough out in the Saharan desert, but singer Leila Gobi fares well with her eponymous third...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2015
