Reviews
Dancing Under the Moon
The Master Musicians of Jajouka Led by Bachir Attar
Cosmic, gargantuan, ecstatic and best played very, very loud, the Master Musicians of Jajouka need little introduction. Since Beat writers...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2022
Wed 21
The Björk comparisons are understandable. Juana Molina’s music layers fractious dance beats and discordant sounds together with her own multi-tracked...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
For
Describing herself as ‘a harper, composer and sound artist,’ Úna Monaghan holds a degree in astrophysics from Cambridge University and...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2018
¡Canta con Venezuela!
Formed in 1971 by four college friends, Serenata Guayanesa have become a cultural institution in their native Venezuela. The band's...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2015
Mezana Dounia
Massa Dembele is a jeli (griot) from Burkina Faso who plays the kamalengoni. It's a bridged harp-lute not dissimilar to...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2017
Turmio
This is one of the most exciting bands to come out of Finland in recent times. The members of Okra...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2016
Antoinette Konan
This 1986 recording predates the coupé-décalé phenomenon and launched a career that saw Antoinette Konan become a popular public figure...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2020
Sport and Play
This is an austere and sparse collection of ballads from the fresh¬faced young singer, guitarist and fiddler who picked up...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
The Paris Session
Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré and Israeli keyboardist Idan Raichel have followed up their 2012 debut with an equally richly...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
The Rough Guide to Brazilian Jazz
It's fair to say Brazilian music has been in intimate dialogue with jazz almost from the genre's 19th-century inception –...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
