Reviews
L’Hijaz Car
This is a sophisticated, thrilling, inventive disc recorded in Pigalle in Paris and reflecting the diverse musical instruments of the...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: June/2014
Tichazomuona
This is a very welcome reissue in vinyl and digital download formats of a wonderful album of Zimbabwean mbira (thumb...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2022
Ikivirta
Finnish-French composer Sarah Palu chose to release this, her debut, as a download code hidden within a bar of vegan...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2020
Sranan Gowtu
The music of the Republic of Suriname, located in the north-east of Latin America, is unfamiliar to many. There's a...
Reviewed by Bastiaan Springer in issue: Apr/May/2014
A Flor de Piel
The contribution and influence of Colombians and a new generation of Anglo-Colombians to the development of Latin music in the...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: January/February/2024
Caçada Noturna
With his fourth solo album for the Swedish label, the Afro-Brazilian minstrel from Salvador reinforces a decade-long recording relationship and...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2024
Music of Central Asia Vol 10: Borderlands – Wu Man & Master Musicians from the Silk Route
Since 2006, the Aga Khan Music Initiative has produced a series of albums highlighting the musical traditions of Central Asia,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Al Wa’ Debt
Va Fan Fahreareanother instance of the north-west European love affair with all sounds Balkan. But the 11-strong brass band have...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
