Reviews
Some Mississippi Sunday Morning
Ever since the Lomaxes discovered Lead Belly in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1933, prison has earnt itself a vaunted...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
Jbal Rras
This Tunisian DJ and producer has long been hailed as one of the most exciting names in experimental dance music....
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: October/2023
This Moment
It's 50 years since guitarist extraordinaire John McLaughlin and tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain formed Shakti as a landmark in the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
Djilly Kawral
A highly-respected singer from the Fulani community of Mali, but little known outside of her own country and its diaspora,...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2023
Em Cantos de Òrìsà
A post-graduate in Afro-Brazilian history and culture from the Federal University of Bahia, Irma Ferreira is not only an academic...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2023
Celebrants
‘My God it's good to see you,’ intones Chris Thile on the opening track of Celebrants, the first all-new album...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2023
Folkocracy
Son of folk-singers Loudon Wainwright and the late Kate McGarrigle, young Rufus can claim descent from ‘folkocracy’, although since his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2023
The World and All That It Holds
There are some critics out there – and I am not one – who maintain that Damir Imamović is heir...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2023
Call of the Whipbird
SUBSET (aka Karl Muller) is a New Zealand-born musician/producer/photographer, who has been based in Australia for 20 years. Working out...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2023
