Reviews
African Woman
Sia Tolno was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Life for her was no bed of roses: her father was a...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Joudour
Bekkas has been a Gnawa fusion artist for more than three decades, founding his Gnaoua Blues Band back in 1990,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2022
Gypsy Lover
English accordionist and circus performer Faith Elliott loved Balkan music so much that several years ago she landed in Serbia,...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2016
Jar’a
A sound explorer and artistic orchestrator, Paolo Angeli is known for playing a prepared Sardinian guitar, a crossbreed instrument provided...
Reviewed by Cira De Rosa in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Longyin: The Dragon Chants
Cheng Yu with Dennis Kwong Thye Lee
In classical music, the recreation of earlier musical styles has become a genre in itself with what’s now called HIP...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2022
Sarawoga
Dedicated to his son Sam, who died in a tragic car accident, the Zimbabwean veteran’s latest album opens with the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2013
Murshidi and Sufi Songs: Field Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya
These are some of the last recordings made by celebrated musicologist Deben Bhattacharya (pictured above, left) in February 2001, shortly...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2015
De Repente
Virgilio Armas Trio | Virgilio Armas y Su Grupo
Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies have unearthed a pair of rare Latin jazz albums by a Venezuelan pianist, part...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2022
Mysterium Tremendum
As concept albums go, they hardly come any grander. On his latest release the former Grateful Dead drummer turned respected...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
