Reviews
Zimbabwe Awake Vol 1
Whatever view one takes of Robert Mugabe's political leadership, there is no question that the world's media provides a very...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2014
Songs of Jezireh
Jezireh, which means ‘island’ in Arabic, is an area of north-east Syria with a distinct identity. It lies on the...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2010
Contreband Mentality
Les Frères are a 14-strong Paris-based Afro-beat collective who, for some bizarre reason, all take the same surname in the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2012
The Rough Guide to Undiscovered World
The Rough Guide to Un dis cove red World is a showcase compilation. It is the CD companion to record...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Love Songs
Opening with piano and a flourish of fiddle on instrumental track, ‘Summer Daylight Winter Darkness’, Bella Hardy’s tenth album is...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2022
90 Degrees of Shade
This double CD celebrating music found across the Caribbean region is a delight from start to finish. As the excellent...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2015
Queen of Sheba
Ibrahim Maalouf & Angélique Kidjo
Fusing the West African roots of Angélique Kidjo and the Levantine heritage of the French-Lebanese jazz composer Ibrahim Maalouf, this...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2022
Dúchas
Button accordionist O'Reilly stays close to home in his first solo outing on disc with material drawn from his native...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2020
Davorio
In 2019 the Italian composer and jazz musician Samuele Strufaldi was invited by djembé player Boris Pierrou to visit his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2023
Sandwood
Following on from two major artistic endeavours in recent years – the award-winning, multi-media project Kin and his Strathglass Trilogy...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2018
