Reviews
Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria
One of the great things to happen musically in the post–civil war Nigeria of the 1970s was the birth and...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2010
Trench Songs
You might think an album of trench songs, featuring lyrics written by soldiers in World War I, would make for...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: January/2021
Never Forget
Vocal trio The Young’uns demonstrated a flair for bringing both traditional and modern stories to life on their 2012 album...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2014
When Our Grandfathers Said No
Hailing from north¬east England, the trademark of this vocal trio is lusty close harmony singing, through which they tell nostalgic...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
We Have Waited Too Long
At the height of apartheid in 1983, Darius Brubeck, son of the legendary jazz giant Dave Brubeck and an accomplished...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2024
Marwa
Netherlands-based Marianne Svašek is a dhrupad singer and sarangi player. In following her chosen vocation she has certainly ticked all...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2023
RAAZ
Hooshyar Khayam & Bamdad Afshar
Like an intoxicated dream, the sounds of provincial Iran and the wider world warp and meld into a feverish blurring...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2021
Davorio
In 2019 the Italian composer and jazz musician Samuele Strufaldi was invited by djembé player Boris Pierrou to visit his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2023
PH(R)ASE
Archie Churchill-Moss started playing the diatonic button accordion when he was nine, two decades ago. He is a virtuoso, in...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2023
A Wheel
Violinist Jake Shulman-Ment is part of the new generation of American klezmer musicians; A Wheel is the product of his...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2012
