Reviews
Mani Sicure
This is the first consumer release for the international market by the long-standing duo of Emidio Ausiello and Michele Maione,...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2022
The Ladies at Joe Gibbs
The legendary producer Joe Gibbs produced a host of female singers, who provided him with some classic songs and ‘riddims’...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2013
Live in America
Over the last few years, Oumar Konaté has been making his mark on the Mali guitar scene, his guitar-bass-drums trio...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2017
Leave Your Sleep
The former 10,000 Maniacs singer signed to Nonesuch last year, and her first album in seven years is an ambitious,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Dvojka
Born in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, Damir Imamović is one of the leading names in the country's dynamic new sevdah...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2016
Unquenching Fire
As soon as you see the names Miranda Sykes and Hannah Martin together you’re excited. They have two of the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2022
From Kabul to Bamako
Pretty much your standard Persian-Malian-Afghan-Kurdish-French-Ethio-jazz group, Sowal Diabi (‘Question’ and ‘Answer’ in Persian and Bambara respectively) is a collaboration between...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2022
Lua Cheia
Recorded in São Paulo, the first crowd-funded album by the London-based group Let Drum Beat mixes maracatu, forró de rabeca,...
Reviewed by Charlie Long in issue: June/2020
