Reviews
Yenbett
The Mauritanian diva Noura Mint Seymali is back with an especially powerful album of new music, Yenbett. Her playing on...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: December/2025
Tudo Está Bom
Back in 2009, Playing for Change became an unexpected global success. It involved street musicians from across the world (and...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2023
Alambari
At first glance there is something suspiciously ‘arty’ about DakhaBrakha. Attired in exaggerated folk costumes and oversize black lamb-fur head-gear...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2020
Nueva Timba
López-Nussa is a Cuban pianist (lately living in Toulouse) who draws from both Latin jazz and his native folkloric sounds....
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2025
La Maison d'Amour
Léonore Boulanger & Maam-Li Merati
Maam-Li Merati is a skilled classical Persian singer, setar and kamancheh player. Léonore Boulanger has learned singing from him since...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: July/2017
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
Imershón
Vernon Chatlein is a composer, theatre maker and musician from Curaçao, an island in the region of the Caribbean that...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: January/February/2024
Siparia to Soweto
Hugh Masekela & Siparia Deltones
Hugh Masekela first heard the Trinidadian steel pan orchestra the Siparia Deltones when they were opening act at the inaugural...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024
Beneath Our Humble Soil
The Willows, a five-piece band from Cambridge, came together in 2010. They’ve been busy in clubs all over the UK,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2013
Long Violent History
In September, with no pre-release fanfare, vaunted country/bluegrass singer-songwriter Tyler Childers released his fourth album, Long Violent History, accompanied by...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2021
