Reviews
Frente Cumbiero meets Mad Professor
Frente Cumbiero meets Mad Professor
Guyana-born dub master Mad Professor certainly gets around. The list of international collaborators he has worked with is pretty exhaustive,...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2012
Fasiya
Breaking the mould of West Africa's male– dominated kora tradition, Sona Jobarteh comes from a Mande griot family representing a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
The Glamoury
A powerful contemporary approach to the traditional ballad, from which she fashions a vivid and poetic set of original songs,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2010
Mistico Mediterraneo
Paolo Fresu, A Filetta & Daniele di Bonaventura
That the simple movement of air can make such haunting sounds as the opening of this album is miraculous. The...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: July/2011
The Sublime Porte: Voices of Istanbul 1430-1750
The Sublime Porte is another concept album by Jordi Savall, issued just prior to Mare Nostrum, making use of much...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: June/2012
African Griot Groove
Baba Sissoko | Djeli Mah Damba Koroba & Baba Sissoko
If you travel around the villages of West Africa, you will hear music played with a raw and earthy vigour;...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013
