Reviews
Djamila
Here's a second album from Mamadou Kelly, a guitarist and singer from the Malian area of Goundam and Niafunke –...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2015
Barlande
A set of eight pieces for flamenco guitar and cello: it’s an unusual combination but an effective one. The pieces...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: March/2012
Somos
Behind mestizo musics often lie unique stories. In the case of the three Villalobos brothers, it's a tale for our...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2020
Belo Belo
Eténèsh Wassié & Mathieu Sourisseau
Yet again, the resources and insight of Francis Falceto have helped create a sturdy musical bridge between Africa and the...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: March/2011
City on a Hill
Richard Thompson's ‘1952 Vincent Black Lightning’ has become something of a new bluegrass standard thanks to The Del McCoury Band's...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2019
Maan Unia, Puun Unia
Finnish runo singing, kalevala verses, ancient myths, magic spells – these are the foundations on which the now legendary Värttinä...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2013
Rapadou Kreyol
Wesli is the stage name of Wesley Louissaint, a Haitian musician based in Montréal since 1989. In Canada, Wesli has...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2019
The Portage
Are there really only four fiddles on this third release from RANT? Such is the richness of sound that I...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: December/2019
Cosmic
This multi-talented composer, producer and musician emerges from the same British Asian mould as Nitin Sawhney and Talvin Singh and...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2014
Listen to the Banned
You need to hear this record – as much for the quality of the music as for what it represents....
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
