Reviews
Spirits of Mauronoros
The ancient world and the turbulent present collide to great effect on this, the second LP from the Greek woodwind...
Reviewed by Justin Turford in issue: November/2024
Balafon Evolution
Hailing from Côte d’Ivoire but now based in Berlin, we first came across the balafon player Aly Keïta as part...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2026
Mighty Poplar
This bluegrass supergroup that sees members of the Punch Brothers (Noam Pikelny and Chris Eldridge) join bassist Greg Garrison (Leftover...
Reviewed by Emma Rycroft in issue: April/2023
Djamila
Here's a second album from Mamadou Kelly, a guitarist and singer from the Malian area of Goundam and Niafunke –...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2015
Guitarra 66
Best known for his work with Dead Combo, To Trips decided to go temporarily solo and record Guitarra 66. Dead...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Apr/May/2010
Rebelión Tropical: The Very Best of Fruko & Joe Arroyo
These tremendous songs from the Colombian legends – bass player, percussionist, producer and song-writer, Julio Ernesto Estrada Rincon (aka Fruko)...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: June/2011
Solo & Indrė
Cross-cultural kora and string collaborations have been rather in vogue for the last couple of years, and for good reason:...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
