Reviews
Out of the Ashes
Folk, blues, swing, world music and jazz combine to weave their trade winds across UK-based French singer Julie Abbé’s fine...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2024
Flexūs
This album was apparently inspired by labyrinths, whether ‘imagined… astronomical… constructed… danced [or] natural …. and especially the mineral labyrinth...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2024
Mama Africa
Ignore the title. For although Makeba – who died in 2008 aged 76 – richly deserved the ‘Mama Africa’ soubriquet,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2015
Afro Futuristic Dreams
Ever since the Strut label resurrected their career, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids have produced some of the most compelling...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2023
Last Breaths from Aleppo
One of the side effects of the Syrian civil war has been its threat to the rich Sufi musical tradition...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2023
CultureRize: Bamako All Stars Vol I
All-star projects can often end up with curate’s egg on their tracklists. The Bamako-based collective with the cumbersome name are...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2024
Maisha
Maisha is an exquisite debut of originals that vividly bring to life the music of the Gogo (also Wagogo) people...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2024
Dawgnilo!
Dawgnilo! brings together two mandolin maestros, Brazilian Brito and American Grisman. The latter emerged from the Greenwich Village scene as...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2024
Sharing in the Spirit
With Sharing in the Spirit, singer-songwriter Ana Egge shares eight original songs plus covers of songs by Ted Hawkins and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2024
