Reviews
Rhythm of the Griot
Kora player Diabel Cissokho has long explored the connection between blues and the griot tradition, most notably on the album...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Together We Stand
It's been ten years since Abraham Inc's first album Tweet Tweet and, given the impact it still has now, any...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Handfuls of Night
There are multiple associations that weave around this fourth studio album from Penguin Cafe, Arthur Jefes' successor ensemble to his...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Alegrià e Libertà
Lucilla Galeazzi, Didier Laloy, Ialma, Carlo Rizzo and Maarten Decombel
This feels like a convivial affair – a motley group of musicians coming together, jamming, finding they get along really...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Batik
Gabriele Poso was born in Italy but has a musical understanding that is global in reach. This is owing to...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Egeland Edén Marin Vol 1
Ånon Egeland, Mats Edén & Mikael Marin
It's hard to believe that three of Scandinavia's most outstanding folk musicians are together here as a trio for the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Holy Colony: Burning Acres
New Zealand Māori singer Troy Kingi has an ambitious idea of recording ten albums over ten years in ten different...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
180° The Remixes
Mulele Matondo's most recent record with Kongo Dia Ntotila was released earlier this year. Entitled 360°, it was a truly...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Strange Days
Former Transglobal Underground singer and BBC Radio 3 World Music Award winner Natacha Atlas is well known for combining electro-acoustic...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Tabhair Mo Ghrá Go Conamara (Bring My Love to Connemara)
I doubt there will be a more evocative, or valuable, Irish traditional music disc released this year than this spellbinding...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
