Reviews
Film of Life
The man who Brian Eno has dubbed the finest drummer on the planet has made a string of intriguing albums...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
The Red Stoep
In South Africa, a stoep is a veranda of a house and any gathering on it creates an instant space...
Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: November/2021
Invisible Faces
Bringing together musicians from Turkey, Serbia and the Czech Republic, bassist Tomáš Liška here draws upon a shared musical language...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2017
Songs from the Bardo
Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith
Dealing with dying is a major aspect of both the sacred and secular. Songs from the Bardo is a small...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2019
Ethiopia Super Krar
The stripped-down acoustic approach taken here seems primed to deliver a raw yet updated, blast of Ethiopian blues, focusing as...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2012
Bomoko
This is the second recording from the London-based Congolese/Latin outfit who have been delighting audiences with their lively performances. Grupo...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2023
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Nostalgique Armenie: Songs of Love, Hope, Exile and Improvisations (1942-1952)
This is a homage to the music of the Armenian diaspora. The liner notes state that the Caucasus is the...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: May/2018
Spanglish
Not to be confused with the rockabilly outfit from Antwerp, this particular raucous colony of Baboons has been a fixture...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2016
Kôrôlén
Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra
Anyone who saw one of the symphonic concerts Toumani Diabate gave with three different orchestras in 2008 will have been...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2021
