Reviews
Kôrôlén
Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra
Anyone who saw one of the symphonic concerts Toumani Diabate gave with three different orchestras in 2008 will have been...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2021
Tamam Morning
Belgian saxophonist Thys has assembled a beautifully balanced quintet for an uplifting fusion of European jazz and Middle-Eastern modes. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2021
Ghetto Songs
In 2016 Frank London (The Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave etc) was invited to be artist-in-residence for the celebration of the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2021
Mezclatotäl
The one thing you cannot accuse Komasi of is a lack of ambition. Respectively from France, Burkina Faso and Chile,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2021
Tarrwaysin & Rrways: A Journey into the Realm of Amazigh Wandering Poet-Singers
Tarrwaysin & Rrways is a landmark collection of new performances of more than 50 itinerant Amazigh (Berber) poets and singers...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2021
In Our Voices
Sing out, people. Raise your voices. Raise them in harmony with others. Sing out in the spirit of dissent and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2021
Ekonklo
Ekonklo is a thoroughly enjoyable hour of gentle West African roots music. Adjiri Odametey is a singer-songwriter from Accra, Ghana...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2021
The Light of the Moon
Forged in Orkney in 2015 by Aidan Moodie (vocals and acoustic guitar) and Graham Rorie (fiddle and mandolin), and with...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2021
