Reviews
Cinéma el Mundo
Many times I've taken a deep breath before beginning yet another CD review by some young global fusion band who...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2012
African Pearls: Senegal – Echo Musical
This collection of largely unknown tracks from Senegambia in the 1970s offers some unexpected musical treats, showcasing as it does...
Reviewed by Jenny Cathcart in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Soma
The Belfast uilleann piper John McSherry sprang to fame with the band Tamalin in the 1990s, before moving on to...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: July/2010
Live in Berlin
Though far less well-known than João Gilberto or Tom Jobim outside Brazil, Baden Powell was one of that select group...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: April/2016
Gondwana Dawn
In paleogeography, Gondwana is the name given to the landmass that 200 million years ago joined what we now know...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Hanin: Field Recordings in Syria 2008-2009
Compiled by Spanish musician and filmmaker Michel Gasco between 2008 and 2009, this collection of field recordings spans a period...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Hakili
Mamady Keita is, pretty much, the Ravi Shankar of the djembé. More than any other artist, he has taken the...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: March/2011
Songbirds: Albanian Music from 78s 1924-1948
The great dreamer of European unity, Stefan Zweig, speaking of poetics and spiritual power, once wrote that ‘The Skipetares (Albanians)...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2021
Zozodinga
One of the founding fathers of Touareg ishumar music, or desert blues in European marketing-speak, Oumbadougou returns with his first...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
