Reviews
Shifted
It's evident from the outset, clearly audible in the three-part close vocal harmonies, that Harpeth Rising are three young ladies...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2015
A Retrospective
Pink Martini | Pink Martini & Saori Yuki
‘If the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band,’ commented Thomas Lauderdale, bandleader of...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
At Big Pink
This is a historic recording first released on the American Buddha label in 1968 and it's great that Floating World...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2017
Origines
For his second full-length album, Marseille-based urban poet Ahamada Smis has pointed his musical compass towards the country of his...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Apr/May/2014
Luso Noir – Music from Portuguese Speaking Africa
Whether it's the folk of Madredeus, the samba of Chico Buarque or the manifold rhythms and cadences of Lusitanian Africa,...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2011
Bamako Nights: Live at Bar Bozo 1995
The late Lobi Traoré’s reputation as the wild maverick of the Malian electric guitar is based less on his recorded...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: March/2014
Nayan Navaa
Nayan Navaa is Namgar Lhasaranova’s fourth release since she formed the band under her name in 2001. Namgar is a...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: October/2021
Mae ’na Olau
Siân James, Gwyneth Glyn, Meinir Gwilym and Gwenan Gibbard first sang together five years ago, and after recording five songs...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2023
Antologia, Vol 1
When it comes to vintage dance music from the tiny Atlantic African islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, it would...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2022
