Reviews
Sababu
Five years ago, the Burkina Faso-born kamelengoni master Aboubakar Traoré and his group Balima released a splendid debut album titled...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2025
Ashofak Baden
Singer Nadin Al Khalidi saw a selfie of a Yazidi couple in northern Iraq that they had posted on social...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2016
Easy Money
Four years on from his intriguing Domestic Eccentric collection, the Canadian singer-songwriter, born Christopher Luedecke, is not only more domestic...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2019
Reflections of Palestine
One of the good news stories to come out of the despair of the first Intifada was how music guided...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2012
Souvenance
You would expect the events of late 2010 that sparked the Arab Spring to have had a profound effect on...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2015
Terraforming in Analogue Space: IRL Remixes 2000-2015
This double album compilation curated by Nick ‘Dubulah’ Page celebrates the 100th release of IRL Records. It is a masterclass...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: April/2017
Le Ballet National de Guinée Conakry invite Bertrand Renaudin
Le Ballet National de Guinée Conakry
Guinea’s Ballet National ensemble has existed since independence was won in 1958 and proudly stands as a symbol of Mande...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2010
Maputo Queens
This is the debut solo album from composer, arranger and producer Etienne de la Sayette. The Parisian is primarily known...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2016
Songs Inspired by the Film The Beatles and India
Here are two discs to accompany the new documentary film on the highly influential period when The Beatles visited India...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2021
Cajun Accordion Kings (and the Queen)
Valcour Records is run by Joel Savoy – of the celebrated Savoy Family Cajun Band – and he does a...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2017
