Reviews
Loundo (Un Jour)
Moh! (sic) Kouyaté was given his first guitar by his grandmother in the Guinean capital Conakry, where he grew up,...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: May/2016
Real Music for Unreal Times: Vol 2
Limitations can spark creativity and the global lockdown necessitated by COVID-19 has been nothing if not a limit to musicians....
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Mother
George Xylouris and Jim White are a mesmerising double act, what with the Cretan laouto player and singer's nimble string...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2018
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Faileasan (Reflections)
Faileasan (Reflections) is the result of personal and scholarly research into Argyll's music and Gaelic cultural traditions – one that...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2013
Global Control/Invisible Invasion
Tunisian producer Sofyann Ben Youssef, aka AMMAR 808, created an extraordinary album Maghreb United, a Top of the World in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2020
Live at Cooper Hall
The Derry singer is a reliably captivating live draw considering that voice, those songs, the subtle acoustic accompaniment of husband...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2021
Na Drê
There are several distinctive modern musical styles unique to the Ivory Coast, but generally the country is known as a...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2014
Funmilayo
Formed of 11 black Brazilian women and non-binary people, the Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra began through a collective frustration over the...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2023
Death and Other Animals
Messrs Rose, Sartin and Kirkpatrick are three crack players whose music has been heard far and wide – whether in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
