Reviews
Òmònílè, Son of the Soil
Singer, composer, guitarist and violinist Atàndá’s Òmònílè, Son of the Soil combines familiar elements of Afrobeat with sophisticated arrangements that...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: September/2024
Sabaru
Sekou is the son of Guinean kora player M’Bady Kouyaté, but takes tradition further, using amplification and effects pedals. He...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2015
Parasol Peak
Since popularising the hang drum – a melodic percussion instrument, and cousin to the steel pan – at the turn...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2018
Fado
It's been a while since Jorge Fernando has been in the public eye. Having scored a couple of pop hits...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2010
The Secret
In the past, some of Vieux Farka Touré's guitar playing has steered perilously close to the self-indulgent and generic, particularly...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2011
Down in Washington Square
A seminal figure in the American folk renaissance of the late 1950s and early 60s, Dave Van Ronk was a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2014
O Paraíso
Bahian artist Lucas Santtana read David Wallace-Wells’ The Uninhabitable Earth, yet remains largely upbeat. Paradise is potentially here and now,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2023
Jokoto
The ‘Jr’ is important here in order to avoid confusion with Kerfala's more famous older brother, who was also confusingly...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023
Songs from the Forest Soundtrack
Thirty years ago, the American musicologist Louis Sarno travelled to the Central African Republic to research the music of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2015
Howay the Lasses
This striking 11-track collection from Howay the Lasses – a quartet featuring Annie Ball (vocals, accordion, piano), Bronwen Davies-Jones (vocals),...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2023
