Reviews
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
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
Banquet of Boxes – A Celebration of the English Melodeon
Lots of jokes come my way because people know I like squeeze box music. Recently someone sent a cartoon showing...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Noble Stranger
Nuala Kennedy, Irish singer and flute player, adopted Scots lass and now a New Yorker is not an artist to...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Nosotras Somos
In the male– dominated world of flamenco, all-female groups like Las Migas are still a rarity – even in Catalonia’s...
Reviewed by Russell Parton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Coda: A Concluding Event
The male a capella trio bring their close-harmonies and politically engaged and socially conscious music-making to a close with Coda....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Mogoya Remixed
Since the release of Mogoya last year, Oumou Sangaré has remained true to her idea of attracting more listeners to...
Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: July/2018
So Kono
Salif Keita was supposed to have stopped recording. The singer-songwriter, nicknamed the ‘African Caruso’ and the ‘Golden Voice of Mali’,...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2025
Sunshine Music
ALA.Ni is a west London-born, Paris-based singer, songwriter and composer of Grenadian heritage whose debut 2016 album You & I...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2025
