Reviews
Planting Trees
Abdoulaye Koné, aka Kandiafa, is part of a long line of Mande griots including great-grandfather Djigui and his uncle, Mama...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: April/2021
Traveling Wildfire
‘The image of the travelling wildfire reminded me of how music and stories can travel from generation to generation, bringing...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2023
Khoom Loy
Despite her firm background in the tradition, Norway's Annbjørg Lien has always been one of the most forward thinking of...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2012
Hoolima
The allure of bluegrass, from its early beginnings in Kentucky, has spread far and wide, leaving its influence in many...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2018
Catleya: Bogotá Sessions
French-Argentinian producer Krak in Dub recorded this album in Bogotá with an eclectic pool of Colombian talent, reflected in the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Mediterraneo Ostinato
Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona are back with their mixture of ancient and contemporary, loads of modal themes, rhythms and...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2022
Natural
Nicola Conte & Stefania Dipierro
For a brief period in the 1960s, Brazil was at the epicentre of all things musically chic and sophisticated. On...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: June/2016
Romance(s)
After releasing Contos de Fados (a wordplay on ‘fairy tales’, replacing fairies with fados), Aldina Duarte decided to take time...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2016
North Star Calling
When listening to Leela Gilday's latest album, North Star Calling, one is instantly transported to a vast land of powerful...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: May/2020
