Reviews
My Earth Songs
Lonnie Park and the Earth Band
Nobody could question the worthiness of this project – the proceeds from which benefit UNICEF’s COVID-19 relief fund for children...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020
Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-81
At a time when so much music is being reissued and repackaged, it is heartening that there are still labels...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
An 424
Imagine an amalgam of traditional Irish folk, post-rock, jazz and the disruptive spirit of Dada, stir provocatively with nine musicians...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2025
Simply Amjad Ali Khan Vols 1-3
These three albums are by one of India's finest classical instrumentalists playing one of the most distinguished instruments, the sarod....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021
The Colours of Rubab
This is a stunning showcase of the Pakistani rubab (lute). It is played here by Gulab Afridi, a celebrated folk...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: August/September/2023
Man Shall Be Free
This Ghanaian group’s debut is a fresh collection of highlife jams. Guitar lines unwind through the compositions like a labyrinthine...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2025
Roots
Kasia Kadłubowska, a Polish percussionist based in Berlin, is on a journey to retrace her roots on the Polish-Ukrainian-Belarusian borderlands....
Reviewed by Michał Wieczorek in issue: February/March/2026
Direct-to-Disc Sessions
Islandman feat Okay Temiz and Muhlis Berberoğlu
As well as being a pioneer of Turkish folk-jazz who played with Don Cherry, percussionist Okay Temiz is revered for...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023
Siri Ba Kele
Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band
Baba Commandant is the stage name of Sanou Mamadou, a gritty-voiced singer and musician from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso's second city...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2019
Mongolia: Chants Diphonique et Instruments Traditionels
Chinbat Baasankhuu & Bayarbaatar Davaasuren
Recorded by the composer, lecturer and ornithologist Bernard Fort in Mongolia and Lyon, this disc features two top professional musicians...
Reviewed by Rachel Harris in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
