Reviews
9 Deadly Sins For Tamada
One could hardly accuse Georgian singer-songwriter Tamada of lacking in ambition on this, his second album, which he organises around...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: November/2024
Ananda Shankar and His Music
Originally released in 1976, this album by Indian sitarist Shankar would later find cult popularity in the 90s UK rare...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: February/March/2025
Tidiani Koné et le T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
Tidiani Koné et le T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
Malian multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger Tidiani Koné was one of the key figures in the development of modern African music....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: September/2025
It Was All Heart
Belgian composer and multi-instrumentalist Ward Dhoore has been touring globally for over a decade in numerous projects, including string trio...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025
New Music for the 6 String Guitar
Rhayader guitarist Toby Hay's latest work sees his newly commissioned Fylde Ariel acoustic take centre stage on a solo album...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: September/2025
Gabriele Poso presents Ritmo Italiano: ‘Unspoken Sounds of Italian Tamburo’
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
One of Mr Bongo's stocks-in-trade is unusual compilations, and this one is certainly out of the ordinary. The Sardinian compiler,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: September/2025
Só Ouço
What was originally supposed to be a semester of student exchange in Rio de Janeiro, turned into a year and...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: September/2025
Amall
Six years in the making, Amall marks the debut of the Rabbath Electric Orchestra, a transgenerational collaboration between the legendary...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: September/2025
Take What You Want
This Sheffield via Jamaica MC has a background in jazz fusion, being the frontman of TC & The Groove Family...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: September/2025
Roi De L’Agbadja Moderne 1974–1983
Best known as the lead singer of salsa legends Africando between 1996 and his death in 2004, Gnonnas Pedro was...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2025
