Reviews
Les Bushinengé: Nèg Mawon de Guyane
The Bushinengé people from French Guiana and Suriname are descended from escaped slaves who fled to the Amazon and intermarried...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2019
Wavelength
Bene & Cormac are Glaswegian fiddler Benedict Morris, newly anointed as BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year,...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2019
Visions of Iraq
Ahmed Mukhtar is a London-based Iraqi musician, renowned for his masterful playing of the oud. On Visions of Iraq, Mukhtar performs...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: May/2019
Siri Ba Kele
Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band
Baba Commandant is the stage name of Sanou Mamadou, a gritty-voiced singer and musician from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso's second city...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2019
Ilana: The Creator
Saharan rock fans have good reason to be excited by this new release. From the raw and punchy opening number...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: May/2019
Mediterasian
This young Italian Gypsy jazz guitarist was ‘hooked for life’ on first hearing Django Reinhardt as a 16-year-old. During a...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2019
La Colère de la Boue
Charkha's second outing, La Colère de la Boue (The Anger of Mud), explores our complex, emotional connection to the natural...
Reviewed by Shukri Habib Ali in issue: May/2019
Evening Star
The ten members of the American women's choir Kitka are heirs to a project that began 40 years ago in...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: May/2019
La Caminadora
Produced in under a month, this seven-track album of covers is a joyous whistle-stop tour through the energy and vibrancy...
Reviewed by Tutku Barbaros in issue: May/2019
Ronald Mesquita
Like many Brazilian albums of this generation, it's evident that this self-titled release by Brazilian drummer Ronald Mesquita relies on...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: May/2019
