Reviews
Bamako Moon
So-called reality is warped on Bamako Moon, as Dan Harper, otherwise known as Invisible System, reconfigures core material from his...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2021
Gnawa London
Best known in the UKasa musical collaborator, in particular with Gnawa-indie band Electric Jalaba, Simo Lagnawi springs a few surprises...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Radio Beirut: Sounds from the 21st Century
There’s an inevitable overlap between Radio Beirut, compiled by the German journalist Dagmar Golle, and last year’s Golden Beirut CD...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
18 Piano Sutras & 25 South Asian Pianisms
This double album of piano suites is by prolific composer and pianist Tanya Ekanayaka, from Sri Lanka. Each of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2023
Desassossego
Desassossego (Restlessness) is the second album by Matilde Cid, a fado singer-songwriter from Estremoz, east of Lisbon. Puro, Cid’s first...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2024
Araya Lam
The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band | VARIOUS ARTISTS
Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band (PBMIB) has released its first studio album since 2016’s successful Planet Lam. The new album...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: August/2024
Ifetayo
Soundway Records have an impressive catalogue of rare groove reissues, many of them from Africa. But although there are African...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2012
Introducing Amadou Diagne
Senegalese guitarist and singer-songwriter Amadou Diagne won World Music Network's online ‘Battle of the Bands’ competition with an entry that...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2012
Al Qantara: The Bridge
Southern Morocco has become a hot-house of cultural fusion, partly due to the number of foreign musicians playing and working...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: October/2014
