Reviews
Move into the Luminous
The cool, ambient depth charges embedded across Move into the Luminous come from prolific double bassist Jon Thorne (Lamb, Yorkston...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2024
Manual de Romería
For some years now, Rodrigo Cuevas has been living in a little village in Asturias, retreating from contact with big...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2024
AlKemi
Cuban music contributes to, and absorbs, myriad musics from across Latin America, the Caribbean and the US. It has also...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2024
Bagola
Trio da Kali | Trio da Kali & Kronos Quartet
Malian group Trio da Kali have been around for some time. They were at the BBC Proms in 2013, and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2025
Monolam
Monolam means unique, although the blend that Khana Bierbood present on their second album is a cross between Thailand and...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: December/2024
Black Diamonds
Seven years after her Top of the World album Mystic Dance, UK-based Sudanese-Italian singer Amira Kheir returns with a fourth...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2026
Tarrwaysin & Rrways: A Journey into the Realm of Amazigh Wandering Poet-Singers
Tarrwaysin & Rrways is a landmark collection of new performances of more than 50 itinerant Amazigh (Berber) poets and singers...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2021
Live in New York 2010
The great Malian singer Khaira Arby died in 2018, so archive recordings have now become even more valuable. This 2010...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2021
