Reviews
Tous les Parfums
Solia (Sun) is Raquel Gigot (accordion) and Marielle Vancamp (nyckelharpa) from Belgium. The duo’s debut digs into the repertoire of...
Reviewed by Anne Girard in issue: March/2022
Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings From the 1970s and 1980s
After presumably running out of crates to dig through in West Africa for Soundway's splendid series of 70s archive recordings...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Gilles Peterson Presents: Havana Cultura – New Cuba Sound
Clubbers and Cubanophiles alike will leap on this double set from the zeitgeist-riding Gilles Peterson. Financed by Havana Rum and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Kala Kalo
This is ‘shut your eyes and go on a journey’ music. Or possibly ‘dance dreamily around in your living room’...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Rescattermastered
The Hebridean Isles of Tiree and South Uist are a hotchpotch of creative musical talent and Trail West, whose members...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2016
The St Buryan Sessions
Throughout 2021, Sarah McQuaid has been releasing songs and videos as The St Buryan Sessions, her live lockdown recordings made...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: December/2021
Tribute to Legends: Ghulam Ali
This disc is, theoretically at least, a homage to the ghazal legend Ghulam Ali as imagined by Pakistani superstar Shafqat...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2023
The Paths of Pain: The CAIFE Label, Quito, 1960-68
London record shop/label Honest Jon’s is never short of rare musical treasure and what a treat they have served up...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2021
Fihi Ma Fihi
The brainchild of Melbourne-based musicians Murat Yucel and Alisha Brooks (of Unified Gecko and Baro Banda), Bashka's debut album features...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2017
Secret Victory
There was an impressive self-titled EP last year from this Canadian power-folk trio but their live-sounding, full-length album debut is...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2015
