Reviews
Electric
Buddy Miller produced Richard Thompson's latest album in his home studio in Nashville. It shows in the sound, which swings...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013
Out of Many: 50 Years of Reggae Music
Marking the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence, this compilation is named after the island’s motto, ‘Out of Many,’ Drawing on...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Ne Ka Mali!!
Amkoullel's Mali is a little different to the West African country of koras and calabashes, Toumanis and Djelimadys, percussion ensembles,...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2011
Agua del Sol
It’s easy to forget Hijos de Agüeybaná are from Puerto Rico. Their sound recalls the percussive rhythms and call-and-response patterns...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Cry, My Heart, Cry: Songs from Testimonies in the Fortunoff Video Archive, Vol 2
Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble & Sasha Lurje
This is a very unusual album recreating songs remembered and described by Holocaust survivors. The testimonies are taken from the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2022
Bahir
Where the rhythms and grooves of West Africa have been embraced across the planet, absorbed into the mainstream and melded...
Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: May/2019
La Différence
Salif Keita’s record company are claiming La Différence is the ‘third chapter of an acoustic trilogy’, following his two wonderful...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2010
The Rough Guide to Morocco
There are two approaches to compiling these kind of one-hour musical guides. You can opt for the historical overview. Or...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2012
Bako
In case we don’t know quite what to call this, those kind folks over at Norway’s EM Label have come...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2011
El Hal/The Feeling
El Hal/The Feeling is the first album in five years from the Anglo-Moroccan septet, led by the gimbri and voice...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2021
