Reviews
Subcontinental Drift
Sultans of String with Anwar Khurshid
Canadian folk-fusion outfit Sultans of String have gone for the word-play double – both band name and album name –...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2016
Kunung Tilo
Singer and kora player Jali Fily Cissokho comes from a long line of West African Mandinka griots – Seckou Keita...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: September/2025
1783
With his latest album, 1783, the Nova Scotian hip-hop/R&B artist Lance Sampson (Aquakultre), continues his exploration and explication of a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2026
Mambo Mundial
Chilean band Chico Trujillo have been blasting out raw, festive, gig-friendly cumbia for two decades – a significant milestone they've...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
The Calais Sessions
Various Artists, Featuring the Musicians of the Calais ‘Jungle’
One weekend in September 2015, a group of international musicians based in the UK visited the now-demolished refugee and migrant...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Sem Nostalgia
Brazilian Lucas Santtana's first UK release contains a mixture of hyperactive mash-ups, soothing melodies and funky guitar workouts, all initially...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Living Being IV (Time Reflections)
Vincent Peirani | Vincent Peirani
It’s French accordionist Peirani whose name is on this album, however, it should be joined by another: soprano saxophonist Emile...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2025
Songs of Rebirth: Tribute to Rumi
The world outside of Iran has been comparatively late in coming to recognise Ali Reza Ghorbani as part of the...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: October/2010
Porta do Coraçao
Maybe you’ve heard of him through Rabih Abou-Khalil and the brilliant Em Português – a collaboration on which the Lebanese...
Reviewed by Gonçaio Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
