Reviews
Manoyatri – The Mind Voyager
Manoyatri is a set of four exciting new compositions by Australia-based Avra Banerjee who trained in Indian classical music and...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2023
Three Voices
Jitka Šuranska, Irén Lovász & Michal Elia Kamal
This album was recorded live at the wonderful-sounding Folk Holidays Festival in the Czech Republic, a place for sharing music...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Get Out While You Can
Aside from the singing phenomenon Gurrumul, Australia’s hottest indigenous musician these days is Dan Sultan. With an Irish father and...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2010
Indigenous Matter: Music from Africa & the Americas
Musician-producer, Chris Warwick took advantage of his travels around the Americas and West Africa in the 80s, to record music...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Esquineros
The esquina (street corner) has mythic currency in Buenos Aires. It's the classic location of cafés and bars, and it's...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2016
Eyes on the Rise
From the seductive opening bars of ‘Chop It Up,‘ an African rumba-hued acoustic guitar and vocal cut that kicks off...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2023
Abatwa (The Pygmy): Why Did We Stop Growing Tall?
Following recordings made in Vietnam, Cambodia and Mali, the fourth album in Ian Brennan's Hidden Musics series finds the indefatigable...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2017
Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura
As part of their ongoing relationship with Radiodiffusion-Télévision de Djibouti, Ostinato Records launch the initial instalment of their new Djibouti...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2021
Live
A veteran of Mali’s oldest dance orchestra Super Biton de Ségou, Mama Sissoko became the band’s guitarist in 1972. When...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2024
The Ties That Bind
It's perhaps not too fanciful to now see Mawkin filling that Bellowhead-shaped hole looming in the folk-festival calendar – that's...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
