Reviews
Music from Saharan WhatsApp
Sahel Sounds’ groundbreaking 2011 compilation Music from Saharan Cellphones opened the world’s ears to the massive network of democratic digital...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/September/2022
Nuun
Albaitil Ashwai's members, who include Qais Raja (vocals and guitar), Feras Arrabi (lead guitar) and Qased Ihsan (accordion), have collaborated...
Reviewed by Marwan Shamiyeh in issue: July/2018
Territoire
Among a host of other influences there are strong Balkan flavours on this release from acclaimed Canadian violinist Briga, who...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2021
Sounds of Peace
The revered Manu Dibango died three years after making M&M in 2017 with the Mozambican saxophonist, Moreira Chonguiça. Echoes of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2023
A to Z
This is Atongo Zimba’s first international release after 14 years and he could not have re-entered the musical fray in...
Reviewed by Bram Postumus in issue: January/February/2022
Outra Margem
It is a tricky path, the one Vila Navio find themselves exploring: taking Portuguese traditional music and injecting it with...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Klezmer from the New World
This is a clarinet and accordion duo, Susi Evans being one of the best klezmer clarinettists of our day, playing...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021
