Reviews
Some Mississippi Sunday Morning
Ever since the Lomaxes discovered Lead Belly in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1933, prison has earnt itself a vaunted...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
Hommage a Zanzibar
Awesome Tapes from Africa once again breathe new life into an album that was almost lost to time with their...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2023
Eyoun el Alb
Born in 1938 in Cairo, Nagat El-Saghira made her first public performance at the age of seven – her diminutive...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2023
Echoes from a Faded Past
What do you get when you cross a Swedish guitarist, a Danish cellist and composer, a Jordanian singer, oud player...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
Music for Shepherds and Sultans
Michalis Kouloumis, Tristan Driessens, Miriam Encinas
The ensemble here is violin (Michalis Kouloumis), oud (Tristan Driessens) and frame drums (Miriam Encinas), and the idea is to...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2023
The Storm
Born in the Mississippi Delta, Elder Jack Ward died this April after a lifetime of singing soulful gospel. The Storm...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2023
Tuz (Salt)
Cengiz Özkan's eighth album for Kalan, Tuz (Salt), is a lovely collection of ten Turkish folk songs. The album is...
Reviewed by Nick Hobbs in issue: October/2023
Ago
Brought together by Peter Solo of Togolese funk band Vaudou Game, the five members of Nana Benz grew up in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
Yuh Yuh
While the music of Paris-based sensations Haïdouti Orkestar dances along the path forged by their Ottoman ancestors, the band's gait...
Reviewed by Harry Fyjis-Walker in issue: October/2023
