Reviews
Safar: Les Âmes Retrouvées
The Syrian oud player and singer Waed Bouhassoun grew up in the culturally rich Jebel Druze region, just over the...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2019
Detached
For lovers of boundary-pushing music, a flute and a diatonic accordion may not seem an immediately thrilling prospect. Here, however,...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2020
Poetry and Music of Ashiqs
After several CDs of mugham, Felmay's excellent series of Azerbaijani music turns to the country's other traditional form – the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Akalaka/The Power
Victor Chukwu/Uncle Victor Chuks
This release marks the reissue of two LPs from the comparatively little-known Nigerian highlife musician Victor Chukwu. They originate from...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2020
Séga Ravanne
This is the latest re-release from Ocora's extensive catalogue of field recordings from around the world, stretching back 60 years....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2017
Kora Flamenca
This album, by Montréal-based Senegalese kora player Zal Sissokho, is the fruit of the Centre des Musiciens du Monde, a...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2021
Marcha!
This is the third album from the male voice choir from the quartier of La Plaine in Marseille, who go...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
African Journey
Glenn Keiles is an established composer and producer who first opened a studio in Brixton, London in 1982, spending the...
Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: October/2022
Dogo Du Togo
This self-titled debut is the solo project of Serge Massama Dogo, Togolese founder of the Afropop band Elikeh. Born in...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2023
