Reviews
Gayageum Sanzo
JeongHyun Chu | SongJa Chee | YoungHo Shu
The primary Korean instrumental genre that bridges folk and art traditions is sanjo (on these releases romanised as ‘sanzo’). A...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: October/2011
Roots Travellers
‘Gypsy’ is a term mistakenly given to Indian migrants who arrived in Constan¬tinople around 1,000 years ago: the locals, having...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2011
Saba Sounds
Guo Gan, Zoumana Tereta, Richard Bourreau
Here's a trio bringing bowed instruments from different lands. Guo Gan unwraps his erhu (a Chinese two-stringed spike fiddle), Zoumana...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2020
The People
The People is the first album from MA Rouf, the latest band of Iranian-Finnish composer and musician Marouf Majidi. Majidi...
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Cubangla
Acclaimed groovesters Lokkhi Terra continue their creative roll, returning to their Bangla-Afro-Latin jazz roots after a wildly successful collaboration with...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Gold Diggers
The 11-strong Lengaïa are a salsa juggernaut, a heavyweight Latin orchestra whose distinctive vocals and signature horn heft – three...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2021
Live à L’Étoile
Dexter Johnson & Le Super Star de Dakar
Although born in Nigeria, saxophonist Dexter Johnson was a seminal figure in Senegalese music. He wound up in pre-independence Dakar...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Tantabara
Recorded with minimal equipment in a makeshift studio in their hometown of Niamey, the third international release from Niger's Tal...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2018
The Art of Sarangi
A reissue of recordings made in 1971, this disc features the maestro Ram Narayan, who became the first internationally renowned...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2017
