Reviews
dragonchild
As leader for US group Debo Band, DA Mekonnen mined his ancestral heritage to deliver a spirited and tasteful update...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: June/2023
Voyageur
Ali Farka Touré | Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
A new album of nine unheard studio cuts from the Malian legend comes 17 years after his death, but slip...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2023
Homeland (Chapter 1)
With his latest album, it is nice to see that kora player Seckou Keita continues to push boundaries. For Homeland...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: January/2025
Cartografado
It is telling that the very first seconds in Cartografado are evocative not of fado, but of samba and choro....
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2021
Fin Da Laand Ageen
The title is a Shetland expression meaning ‘to arrive back home’ and the 13 beautifully per¬formed tunes heard here are...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
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
