Reviews
Detached
For lovers of boundary-pushing music, a flute and a diatonic accordion may not seem an immediately thrilling prospect. Here, however,...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2020
Tuareg Music of the Southern Sahara
For younger listeners who take for granted easy access to global music, it's hard to imagine the giddy feeling of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
Naath
To say that Emmanuel Jal has had a chequered career would be an understatement. A child solider in Sudan, he...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2020
Africa Soyo
London-based Gnawa master Simo Lagnawi returns with his latest album, Africa Soyo, a clean, crisp recording – something that's very...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: April/2020
The Quintessence
Some superstars travel at light speed into obscurity. Peruvian singer Yma Sumac died as recently as 2008, aged 86. Her...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2020
Mély
Rozsdamaró are, in terms of the Hungarian folk revival, relative newcomers but committed traditionalists; that is to say that they...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2020
Flash of the Spirit
Jon Hassell is a contemporary classical minimalist musician who forged a deep engagement with music from India and West Africa....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2020
De Kaboul à Bamako
This is a compilation of somewhat random tracks from across the Middle East and Africa that have been packaged as...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2020
Lina_Raül Refree
Producer and multi-instrumentalist Raül Refree made his name on the world music circuit by producing the acclaimed first album by...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: April/2020
