Reviews
For the Night
Cool, hip, vibrant might alone be three words that sum up Elephant Sessions’ forth release, For the Night. Building on...
Reviewed by James Scott Rorison in issue: December/2022
The Secret
In the past, some of Vieux Farka Touré's guitar playing has steered perilously close to the self-indulgent and generic, particularly...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2011
Dream from the Deep Well
It's an ephemeral and tentatively psychedelic sound that Power delivers on the rather wonderful Dream from the Deep Well. The...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2023
Afghan Music
Vocalists Zohreh Jooya and Hossein Arman are exiled Afghans performing with the Afghan En– semble, a traditional-style group rather like...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2011
Shimmering Lights: Hanukkah Songs
Shimmering Lights: is one of those albums that really takes you by surprise. Seeing Hanukkah Songs in the title, as...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: December/2018
Lady On The Green
Rafe Stefanini was born in Italy and, like the Italian film director Sergio Leone, fell in love with the US...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2012
Hakili Kélé
The veteran Malian griot Mah Damba believed she had recorded her final album when she made 2010's À l'Ombre du...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Conversations We’ve Had Before
With stalwart melodeon player Saul Rose and sympatico guitarist David Delarre, Eliza Carthy has hit on the perfect combination. They...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2023
Manghoua Foura
The Wassoulou region of southern Mali has an incredible record for producing great female singers. They were celebrated with Sterns’...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2012
