Reviews
Hoa Âm Xu'a
Since 2016, Saigon Soul Revival have been gigging at venues across Vietnam, entertaining audiences with their distinctive style of revamped...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: April/2020
Color
Essentially this is a fusion album of French accordion café music with a Congolese slant. Papa Noel is a veteran...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2014
Mountscribe
Piggott was the musical engine behind a number of folk releases over the past year or so – from Sussex...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Songs from Aulejas
This album of 16 a capella songs comes out of a doctoral thesis by Latvian musicologist Asnate Rancâne who studied...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020
Iphupho: A Cappella from South Africa
Afrika Mamas’ fourth album, Iphupho (New Dreams), beautifully encapsulates the magic of sisterhood and the central role that community plays...
Reviewed by Franki Black in issue: April/2018
The Rich are Only Defeated When Running for Their Lives
The eighth album by British-Trinidadian Renaissance man Anthony Joseph takes its title from a line by legendary Trinidadian theorist CLR...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Atma Bhakti
Lulling vocals and an enchanting bansuri (flute) make for a soothing set of spiritual songs, perfect for meditation or relaxation....
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: May/2016
Afro Groove Queen
Manou Gallo is a bass player and singer from the Ivory Coast with an impressive history. She has worked with...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2018
Up From The Deep
Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts
Nominated for a BBC Horizon Award for best new act in 2010, and both graduates of the Leeds College of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Ek
Manika Kaur specialises in kirtan, the main communal ritual of the Sikh religion that entails the practice of singing mystical...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: May/2021
