Reviews
From Kabul to Bamako
Pretty much your standard Persian-Malian-Afghan-Kurdish-French-Ethio-jazz group, Sowal Diabi (‘Question’ and ‘Answer’ in Persian and Bambara respectively) is a collaboration between...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2022
The Polska of the Devil and the Parson
On the evidence of this disc Piia Kleemola is a very fine fiddler. The album has grown out of her...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Ligerian Blues
Deltas are an acoustic duo made up of Lo’Jo's violinist and kora player Richard Bourreau and guitarist Vincent Erdeven, who...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: June/2016
Travelers
Three years ago, the Brooklyn-based artist collective Found Sound Nation and the US embassy in Islamabad collaborated to launch the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2017
The Runaway
Jimmy Lee & the Edge of Chaos Orchestra
Jimmy Lee is like finding an English Johnny Cash hiding out in the back lanes of West Sussex. This might...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Lua Cheia
Recorded in São Paulo, the first crowd-funded album by the London-based group Let Drum Beat mixes maracatu, forró de rabeca,...
Reviewed by Charlie Long in issue: June/2020
Tropical Discotheque
The heavy Afro-Latin sounds here are courtesy of the ever-reliable Strut Records, who have teamed up with tropical music collective...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2011
Desde Carlos Gardel: Cancionero Porteño
Diego Flores & William Sabatier
It takes a brave soul, as well as considerable vocal talent, to tackle the songs of Carlos Gardel. The recordings...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
