Reviews
Ronald Mesquita
Like many Brazilian albums of this generation, it's evident that this self-titled release by Brazilian drummer Ronald Mesquita relies on...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: May/2019
Tears of the Sun
The sophomore album from rising Nigerian star Teni is an Afrobeats-tastic affair in which the artist sings and raps in...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2024
Supra
Globetrotting sound artist Dijf Sanders’ latest sonic trip was to Georgia in the South Caucasus in 2022. Previous field recording...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: March/2024
Kjeringe i Snodrevet
The langeleik is one of the more unusual members of an instrumental family that can be loosely described as ‘plank...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Live in Bangalore
Performing in Bangalore in February 2012 (around ten months before his death) Ravi Shankar is on top form here, alongside...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: December/2015
Tiritando
Antonio Gonzalez Batista helped pioneer the fusion of flamenco and Latin rumba rhythms that has had such an enduring impact...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2012
Duniama
The Jarabi Band was formed a decade ago when Mohamed Camara, a Guinean-born, Australian-based kora player, songwriter and vocalist, and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024
Number One Bus
Dressed in griot-chic and wielding his gimbri like a Fender Stratocaster, Nuru Kane comes on like a trans-Saharan cross between...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
