Reviews
The Hum
A neighbour of Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow brought them news that the sale of a house close by had...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2014
Les Égarés
Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Émile Parisien, Vincent Peirani
One has come to expect excellence and refinement from Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal. The Malian-French duo explore a unique...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: May/2023
Udondolo
It is unsurprising that black South African music in recent years has lacked the game-changing potency it enjoyed when soundtracking...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2021
Songs of Time Lost
Vincent Segal is a cellist who had a hit five years ago with Chamber Music, his beautiful, understated duo collaboration...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
At Peace
Like Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko is kora royalty. Around the same age, they are both sons of Malian griot kora...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2013
So a Cantar
Three years ago, on his album Sem Dor Nem Piedade, Duarte dove deep into his mourning for a lost love;...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
A Mis Hermanos
Since winning his first singing prize back in 1970, Diego Clavel has steadily gained an admiring audience both inside Spain's...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2015
Salsa Salsa
In January 1983 Tito Puente took his orchestra to a club in New York, for a rousing and historic session....
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2024
The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo
Steve Martin’s talent as a clawhammer and Scruggs-style banjoist fares on this album much as his talent as a comic...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Captain Rugged
Captain Rugged purports to be the sound of a man on a mission, with Nigerian Afro-rock musician Keziah Jones adopting...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2014
