Reviews
Sonando Ya
The Sierra Maestra, the mountainous region where the leading lights of the 1959 Cuban revolution hid out, is intimately associated...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2010
42 Days
Formed of sound artists Sophia Shen and Lemon Guo, Southeast of Rain was conceived in the autumn of 2019, when...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2021
Dedication
Palestine's first ever hip-hop group, DAM (meaning ‘It Lasted’ in Arabic) has finally reached Western shores with two of their...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: October/2017
Halleli N'Dakarou
This autumn's surprise from Africa comes from Banjul in the Gambia, in the shape of a band who are described...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Sahel Folk
Sidi Touré’s first album, Hoga, appeared 14 years ago on Stern’s and it is an indication of how the global...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
Make Your Mark
‘Did you hear the final warning?… Did you hear the people calling?’ The first lines of ‘Hollow’, the opening track...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: January/February/2022
River of Happy Souls
Bapi Das Baul is son of Purna Das Baul and grandson of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul who became friendly with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2021
Hubcap Music
The Californian bluesman’s fifth album doesn’t mess about. Following the sound of an engine revving up, opening track ‘Down on...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2013
Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music
Rob Young’s book Electric Eden [reviewed in #73] surveyed the British folk tradition in the 20th century and this double...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Taranta Project
From the suspenseful orchestral arrangement and accordion drone that opens this diverse, deeply engaging album, it's obvious that this Turin-born...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: July/2015
