Reviews
Urban Spirit
Diogal Sakho is a long-time resident of Paris but was born amongst the Lebou people of N'gor, a staunchly independent...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Poyln: A Gilgul
Although there's been a great revival of klezmer and Jewish music in the former Eastern Bloc, it's still American musicians...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2016
Chantent en Français
Chantent en Français starts with a jaunty bout of string-picking, strumming, a squeeze of accordion, a parting curtain of strings...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013
Gentle Men
Both of Robb Johnson’s grandfathers endured the third Battle of Ypres and the songwriter was invited to compose music for...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Say Africa
The man they simply call ‘The Voice’ in South Africa is little known to British audiences. But he has highly...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2012
Remembering Nusrat
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Group | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook
In 2007, ten years after the death of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, his nephew and disciple Rahat Fateh Ali Khan...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2011
Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road
This handsome set matches a four-disc, unexpurgated record of Bengali ethnomusicologist Deben Bhattacharya's 1955 epic field recording road trip, illustrated...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Thursday Night in the Caley
Hailing from the Highlands and islands, Blazin’ Fiddles have been stoking the flames since 1998, when they first got together...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2011
First Dance on Second Avenue
She'Koyokh, the London band who take their name from a Yiddish greeting, are a brilliant live ensemble who effortlessly blend...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2017
My Dusty Road
In these digital days of iTunes and Spotify, in which the disc and the very notion of music as a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
