Reviews
Day to Day
There are some parts of the African diaspora – like the US or Jamaica – that are well-known. But the...
Reviewed by Jake Hulyer in issue: October/2016
Valge Valgus
Flanders-born accordionist Hartwin Dhoore has been intimately involved with some of the most innovative and entertaining traditional-inspired music to emerge...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2022
Sissala Goddess
The music formerly known as ‘world’ is in need of new stars, and in Wiyaala it may have found one....
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2019
Ethiobraz
The traditional Ethiopian musicians of Addis Ababa's Fendika Azmari Bet have joined forces with Paal Nilssen-Love's pan-Scandinavian group Large Unit...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020
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
Freedom to Roam The Rhythms of Migration
What are ‘the rhythms of migration’ – are they natural, forced, seasonal? And how do you evoke or embody them...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2022
Mantra Sessions
From the first track, as a free-blowing tenor sax solo jostles with a Hindu peace incantation over an ngoni (African...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2016
We be All Africans
Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids
African-American jazz musicians were undoubtedly the pioneers of what's become known as world music. In the 1950s, Dizzy Gillespie's music...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2016
Saigon Supersound Vol 2
This compilation of vintage rock'n'roll from South Vietnam during the Vietnamese war is a follow-up to the first volume of...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Parenthesis, I
Now with a number of bold solo albums under her belt and a successful record label, it’s hard to remember...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: July/2024
