Reviews
Sufi Brotherhood Chant
In Senegal one immediately feels the strong presence of the mystic brotherhoods of Sufism. The taxi that takes you from...
Reviewed by Torben Holleufer in issue: October/2012
Round Top Wagon
Thomas McCarthy was brought up on the Travellers’ site in Ladbroke Grove, although he spent a lot of time in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2011
Chapter I: Forever, For Now
Anoushka Shankar’s last significant release, Love Letters, released in 2020 on Mercury Classics, was a very personal collection of songs...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2023
Namaste Bombay – A Musical Tribute to Hindi Cinema
Award-winning composer, producer and performer Kuljit Bhamra pays tribute to the music of his childhood, that is, Indian film music...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: August/2024
Covers: Traditional Melodies of Dalarna, Sweden
Ian Carr | Ian Carr & The Various Artists
The best whisky I ever tasted was in Sweden, full-throated and peaty with a honeyed thread of sweetness. Listening to...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2022
Siri Ba Kele
Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band
Baba Commandant is the stage name of Sanou Mamadou, a gritty-voiced singer and musician from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso's second city...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2019
Tales of Mozambique
Count Ossie & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari
As curators of the excellent 100% Dynamite series, Soul Jazz introduced many to the lesser-known wonders of Jamaican music. On...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2016
Avoudé
Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band
With Avoudé, Dogo du Togo makes a dynamic leap from the stripped-back sound of his 2022 debut to an electrifying...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/2025
Jedba: Spiritual Music from Morocco
Abdesselam Damoussi & Nour Eddine
The brainchild of producer Abdesselam Damoussi and multi-instrumentalist Nour Eddine, this set of Moroccan Sufi music from across the kingdom...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2019
Na Kozonga
It’s been eight years since Kinshasa’s Jupiter Bokondji released his debut album, Hotel Univers. Backed by the tight-as-a-mosquito’s-tweeter Okwess band,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
