Reviews
Hommage a Zanzibar
Awesome Tapes from Africa once again breathe new life into an album that was almost lost to time with their...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2023
42 Jabavu
42 Jabavu is a luminously engaging waypoint for Sabu Jiyana's Afro-fusion adventure. Jiyana, a multi-instrumentalist from South Africa, has been...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2023
The Storm
Born in the Mississippi Delta, Elder Jack Ward died this April after a lifetime of singing soulful gospel. The Storm...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2023
Lullabies from Scotland
There are some lovely, sparkly moments in this self-descriptive album from 2015's BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2023
Music for Shepherds and Sultans
Michalis Kouloumis, Tristan Driessens, Miriam Encinas
The ensemble here is violin (Michalis Kouloumis), oud (Tristan Driessens) and frame drums (Miriam Encinas), and the idea is to...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2023
cloud horizons
Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening
‘The Darkening’ is the Northumbrian term for twilight and the music of cloud horizons is crepuscular. The lyrics of ‘Long...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2023
One Drop of Kindness
Yungchen Lhamo has been in exile from Tibet since 1989 and One Drop of Kindness, her seventh release, continues her...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: October/2023
Artemisia
Hailing from Burkina Faso, Art Melody is a farmer by day and rapper and singer by night, bringing a fresh...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2023
Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground
Jaglara is the sound of one man and one keyboard, emanating from the rural al-Fashaga region near the tripoint of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2023
