Reviews
Marimbitiaos
The electronica-ethnic music dialogue is at least half a century old. The most inspiring aspect of the current scene is...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2023
MRA
Emel Mathlouthi is the Tunisian-American singer-songwriter and producer who drew the global spotlight with her passionate song ‘Kelmti Horra’ (My...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2024
Yoyi
Launching the Brighton-based label’s new Cuban Classic Series comes this curio from 1977, originally released on the Areito subsidiary of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/February/2024
In Ze Early Morning
In Ze Early Morning is the second album of the nomadic artist iZem, who has become an expert in the...
Reviewed by François Renoncourt in issue: January/February/2024
Double You
Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain
Catrin Finch continues to startle and amaze. Classically trained, and now surely the finest, best-known harpist in Britain, she has...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2023
The Holy Mother – Madhuvanti Pal Plays the Rudra Veena
This album is a treat. It isn’t often you get the chance to hear new recordings of the rudra veena,...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2023
True North
Calum Stewart | Calum Stewart & Heikki Bourgault
True North brings together uilleann piper and flautist Calum Stewart with Sylvain Quéré on bouzouki and Yann Le Bozec on...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2023
Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds in the Diaspora, 1980-93
This compilation, the second in a Soundways series that started with 2009’s Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-1981,...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2024
Espontaneamente se Tenta: Aventuras Sonoras de Djalma Corrêa
While Djalma Corrêa (1942-2022) is renowned for his research into Afro-Brazilian percussion and his work with the Tropicalistas Doces Bárbaros,...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: July/2024
