Reviews
At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me: The Joys and Sorrows of Albanian Song
This is a journey into the mountains of southern Albania with producer Joe Boyd and engineer Jerry Boys. Boyd and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2017
Next Stop Soweto Vol 4: Zulu Rock, Afro-Disco and Mbaqanga 1975-1985
The years between 1975 and 1985 marked the violent beginning of the end for the apartheid era. Mandela was still...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Apr/May/2015
The Indigenous Afro-Jazz Sounds of Philip Tabane and his Malombo Jazzman
Guitarist Philip Tabane burst onto the South African jazz scene in the mid-60s with a guitar-flute-drums trio that blended modern...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins and Synths of Sudan
They dipped their toe into vintage Sudanese music with an album by Abu Obaida Hassan a few months ago; now...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2018
Fretless
Soumik Datta is Britain’s brilliant young sarod (lute) star. He gave a stunning concert supporting Shivkumar Sharma at the Darbar...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
A Saami Requiem
Gunnar Idenstam and Ola Stinnerbom
This is the most extraordinary coming together of different musical worlds and cultures created by visionary musicians: the Swedish organist...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2022
Vaquero
Amaker is a deep-voiced Seattle-based country singer who claims David Bowie as his biggest influence, covers songs by Kraftwerk and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Look Up
It would be a stretch to call the British quintet Me and My Friends a ‘world music’ band – but...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2019
Farran
There is a definite marine vibe running through Mairearad Green and Anna Massie's fourth album Farran, the Scots word for...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Across the Field
Across the Field has an appealingly ramshackle, rough-edged, home-made quality across its seven tracks. There is a refreshingly quirky and...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2019
