Reviews
Vilda Rosor
The photo of Maria Kalaniemi in the CD booklet tells you exactly what this recording is like. The Finnish queen...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2011
Music in the City
Here’s an urban night owl. Hailing from Montreal, global beats DJ Rise Ashen has made a nocturnal soundtrack that seamlessly...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Africa Today
Hailed by Seun Kuti as ‘one of the best things to come out of Lagos,’ the trumpeter and composer Etuk...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
Mezana Dounia
Massa Dembele is a jeli (griot) from Burkina Faso who plays the kamalengoni. It's a bridged harp-lute not dissimilar to...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2017
Hani Polyphonic Singing in Yunnan China
Southwest China’s Yunnan province is home to the majority of the Hani people. Think of the terraced rice fields of...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2023
Kosher Style
This is a splendid celebration of brash, Brooklyn, big-band klezmer revelling in the retro flavour of the style. Many of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2019
TRUE STORY
Tree-O’s first album UMDALI was a celebration of South African-infused jazz. This second sees the trombonist starting to flex his...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: August/2024
Äiti Maa/Mother Earth
Zäpämmät are a Finnish duo, comprising Marjo Smolander (voice, kantele) and Pauliina Kauppila (voice, berimbau, lamellophones and percussion). Their aim...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: June/2020
Songs from Severn Grove
It's a dreamy, laid-back soundscape that Cardiff-based singer-songwriter Ivan Moult serves up on Songs from Severn Grove, his third studio...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: August/September/2023
