Reviews

Nun V’Annammurate

Suonno d’Ajere

The opening song of this album is really enticing. A delicate mandolin melody, accompanied by guitar introduces the voice of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2024

Silencia

Ceumar

Not to be confused with her near-namesake, Ceu, veteran jazz singer Ceumar has just as seductive a voice – a...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2015

Beyond Karma

Gyütö Monks of Tibet

While in Tibet I once met a young man with a motorbike; he was wearing a leather jacket and had...

Reviewed by Thomas Williams in issue: November/2016

Immersion

Alam Khan

Alam Khan is the grandson of the legendary Allauddin Khan who was teacher to two of the most accomplished Indian...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2018

Soundshades

Yaron Levy

This is an intriguing album with moments of genuine excitement, beauty and ingenuity. Soundshades is the first recording from Yaron...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Nordic Choro II

Nordic Choro

The established link between Finland and South American music is tango, which was brought north over 100 years ago. Nordic...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2016

Constant Companion

Cunning Folk

Cunning folk were – are – people of wisdom, practitioners of folk medicine and magic. Here, though, Cunning Folk is...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2019

Beneath a Level Head

Me & My Friends

It is fashionable for Western indie bands to use the rhythms and riffs of African music to spice up their...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2013

Dža Dža Dzum

Ot Azoj

Back in the 1980s, the writer Malcolm Bradbury wrote Rates of Exchange, an eye-wateringly funny novel set in a fictitious...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2017

The Red Stoep

Nomfusi

In South Africa, a stoep is a veranda of a house and any gathering on it creates an instant space...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: November/2021