Reviews
Traversées
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Jardins Migrateurs, the previous collaboration of Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko was described here as ‘ a disc of regal and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2019
Northern Landscape
Hailing from County Tyrone’s Clogher Valley and formed in 2015, The Blackwater Céilí Band have been carving out a name...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: August/September/2022
Al Nge Taa
Jan Galega Brönnimann, Moussa Cissokho & Omri Hason
The Swiss woodwind player Jan Galega Brönnimann plays some of the lowest clarinet you’re ever likely to experience – on...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2016
Dreamers
Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider
The names dropped on the lyric sheet of this classy crossover album constitute a lofty constellation of Ibero-American idealism: Octavio...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2019
Bush Animals Don't Like Hunters: Music of Sierra Leone Vol 1
This is a remarkable collection of field recordings collected from different regions across Sierra Leone between 1965 and 1970. Cootje...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2012
La Grande Dame de la Chanson Creole
The French chanson tradition has shone a spotlight on many great singers through the years, singers as varied as the...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Year of the Funky
The talented young guzheng player Bei Bei has teamed up, for her sophomore effort, with a very experienced producer and...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: August/2017
Don’t Keep Silent
The title of this New Zealand funk/fusion outfit’s second album couldn’t be more appropriate. Across the album’s 11 tracks Batucada...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Especial Ivete, Gil, Caetano
Ivete Sangalo, Gilberto Gil & Caetano Veloso
Whilst most lovers of Brazilian music will be familiar with tropicalia founders Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, fewer will know...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2012
Portas
A four-time Latin Grammy winner, Brazilian Marisa Monte returns with her first solo studio album in over ten years. Portas...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2021
