Reviews
Marchez Noir
Amazigh Kateb, who was the lead singer of Gnawa Diffusion, has turned down the rock from his old group and...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: March/2010
Refuge
Through the medium of slick folk fusion, Refuge delivers a message of tolerance towards immigrants and refugees. The Canadian-based Sultans...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2020
Cape Jazz Series Vol 4: Musical Democracy
It would be crass to call the Cape Jazz Band ‘South Africa’s Buena Vista Social Club.’ But somebody’s got to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2014
The Hebridean Sessions
Opening with the quickstep and reel that is ‘Locheil's Away’, The Hebridean Sessions is a rather nifty introduction to some...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2016
Càirdeas
Brian Ó hEadhra & Fionnag NicChoinnich
With guitarist Brian Ó hEadhra hailing from Newfoundland (via Dublin) and NicChoinnich from Scotland’s Isle of Lewis, the duo’s third...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Dr Dee
It's the reign of Elizabeth I and Dr John Dee, having survived imprisonment by bloody Mary, is now court astrologer,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2012
Elif Sanchez
Singer Elif Sanchez grew up in Istanbul, before moving to the US to study jazz oboe and voice at Berklee...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2022
Souleymane
Debademba consists of singer Mohamed Diaby, who comes from a Malian griot family and was raised in Abidjan in the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
