Reviews
Dialogues with the Tar
The tar (lute) and kamancheh (spike fiddle) are both originally Persian instruments, but talking to musicians in the region, it’s...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2013
Romeo & Leila
After the success of her critically acclaimed album of last year, Ghalia Benali Sings Oum Kalthoum, her 2006 album Romeo...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Strings That Sing
This is Baobab-Gateway's debut album, featuring a unique combination of traditional West African, Ugandan and modern instruments. Tanzanian-born Dougie Hudson...
Reviewed by Louise Ungless in issue: Apr/May/2012
Lossan
Marking the first, according to the PR, duo harp and Manx Gaelic vocal album to be released, Lossan (meaning ‘Light’...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2022
Brothers in Bamako
The American folk¬blues guitarist Eric Bibb is hardly in the same legendary league as Ry Cooder or Taj Mahal. Nor...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
More Big Musik from Over There!
Even though the title is pretty terrible, there’s an elegant charm about this Sheffield-based collective’s debut that’s missing from many...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
The World Ends: Afro Rock and Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
Is there no end to this stuff? The World Ends is the third album of vintage Nigerian sounds released on...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2010
Jah Shaka Presents the Positive Message
The legendary and mysterious Jah Shaka has been the UK’s leading roots and culture sound-system operator since the early 70s,...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Lagos Pepper Soup
Nigerian bassist and composer Michael Olatuja has spent most of his life in three cities: first Lagos, then London, and...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2020
Frente Cumbiero meets Mad Professor
Frente Cumbiero meets Mad Professor
Guyana-born dub master Mad Professor certainly gets around. The list of international collaborators he has worked with is pretty exhaustive,...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2012
