Reviews

Many Faces

Justin Thurgur

The cover of this sophomore album by London-based trombonist Justin Thurgur sums up its questing, fizzing, all-for-one spirit. Here, inside...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/September/2022

River Strings: Maninka Guitar

Djessou Mory Kanté

With the kind of pedigree Guinean guitarist Djessou Mory Kanté has – brother to the late, lamented Kante Manfila, and...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Dalinda

Dalinda

The a capella group Dalinda is made up of three Hungarian singers – Johanna Orbán, Julianna Paár and Sára Timár....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2018

Erros

Eléonor

Elly Aerden, the birth-name of the artist known as Eléonor, sets great store on the fact that Latin is an...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2015

Solo & Indrė

Solo

Cross-cultural kora and string collaborations have been rather in vogue for the last couple of years, and for good reason:...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Myriad Road

Natacha Atlas

The jazz album is often the second-last refuge of a career on the slide (reggae generally being the final resort...

Reviewed by David Hutcheon in issue: June/2016

Roadside

Diogal

Currently based in France, Diogal is the son of a Senegalese fisherman and a self-professed ‘sound-designer.’ As well as four...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2018

Calico Soul

Farafi

The magic of like minds, especially musical ones, is that they often seem to meet serendipitously, and nowhere more so...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2020

¡Dale Duro al Bombo!

Ruca y el Quinde de Barbacoas

If you’re a fan of Nidia Góngora, especially her work in Canalón de Timbiquí, then you’re sure to love this....

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2023

Raza

Darshan

Darshan are a duo from New York who fuse grooves inspired by Jewish culture with gritty rap. Their album, Raza,...

Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: June/2018