Reviews
The Channel
South East London fusionists Monzanto Sound occupy a space between contemporary jazz, funk, electronica and African diasporic influences. Many bands...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: October/2025
Hunter Folk Vol II: Tribute to Bantoma Sanogo
This recording by Pelengana Blo, a member of the Donsoya, the Mande hunters’ brotherhood, pays tribute to the society’s rich...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: April/2026
Tilaye’s Saxophone with the Dahlak Band
Saxophonist Tilaye Gebre was one of the stalwarts of Addis Ababa’s popular music scene from the 1960s to the 1980s,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2026
Ajomasé
From the opening beat, Ajomasé announces itself as a percussive odyssey shaped by Gasper Lawal’s boundless creativity. First released in...
Reviewed by Joe Mulhall in issue: February/March/2026
The American Revolution
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
The American Revolution, a six-part television documentary mini-series directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, recently debuted on...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2026
Gigi de Nissa
Gigi is the nom de plume of one Louis Pastorelli, a fellow traveller of Moussu T – a shared personal...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Metromonk
The Austrian-born percussionist and composer Manu Delago has become the foremost proponent of the instrument known as the hang, having...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017
Both Sides of the Aegean
Hüsnü Senlendirici & Trio Chios
Hüsnü Şenlendirici is Turkey's big clarinet star, famed for his glitzy virtuoso style and, unfortunately, a tendency for saccharine arrangements...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Flying into Mystery
Bowed but definitely not beaten by pandemic isolation, Moore responds with one of his finest offerings in years. Flying into...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2022
