Reviews
Our Calling
Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko
The British-Italian folk songwriter Piers Faccini and the Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko (Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabaté, Derek Gripper) first...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2025
Tempo Dos Mestres
Brazilian classical guitarist Fabiano Do Nascimento released his superb debut album Dança do Tempos (Dance of Time) in 2015. On...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: November/2017
Hunter's Moon
Calum Stewart & Heikki Bourgault
Calum Stewart and Heikki Bourgault's own website refers to this excellent effort as if it's the pair's second collaborative album,...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Apr/May/2014
A Matter of Life
The Penguin Café ensemble, led by Arthur Jeffes, son of Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s Simon Jeffes, has toured widely over the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2011
Bar de Paco
The rich and versatile voice of Cuban singer and composer Max Max (aka Yoandri Castro Max) will be familiar to...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2020
Flaco JimÉnez/Buena Suerte, Señorita
Flaco JimÉnez is, at least in Texas, accordion royalty; his late father and brother are also acknowledged masters of the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Handmade
Supplying the music for a big-budget TV ad campaign might provoke eat-ealls from the anti-corporate quarter, but the cash does...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2010
Djourou
For this, his 11th album, the Paris-based kora maestro Ballaké Sissoko collaborated with a clutch of genre-diverse French and African...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2021
In Flanders Fields
From the long-established English vocal harmony trio comes an homage to the music and song of World War I, one...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2014
