Reviews
Jewish-Arab Song Treasures
Here’s another exemplary piece of music history from Buda Musique, its liner notes adorned with a weighty chunk of scholarship...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Miriya
We are blessed to have recently seen many releases by West African musicians who wish to retain the values of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2017
Âmago
Since 2013, André Coelho Rodrigues has been exploring and perfecting his peculiar take on Portuguese folk music after going through...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2023
Ya Balad
Bachar Mar-Khalifé comes from one of Lebanon's most eminent musical families: his father is the internationally renowned singer Marcel Khalifé;...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: December/2015
Trumpet King Zeal Onyia Returns
When Louis Armstrong toured West Africa in 1961, he dubbed Onyia ‘the highlife hep cat of Nigerian jazz trumpet.’ One...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2019
Grad Gori!
For some years singer Brina Vogelnik has headed one of Slovenia's most popular neo-folk bands, Brina, mixing folklore with a...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2019
3NE
Niqolah Seeva seeks to push established boundaries and challenge our preconceptions; his first album presents itself as the clarion call...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: November/2020
Tomorrow Will Follow Today
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
A young man refuses to sleep with his uncle's wife. She stabs herself and blames the boy. His uncle has...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2015
I’ll Find a Way
As with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, recording the Blind Boys of Alabama has its challenges. The two gospel vocal groups from...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2014
