Reviews
An Introduction to Anne Briggs
An elusive but tremendously significant figure from the thrilling UK folk scene of the 1960s and 70s, Briggs has barely...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2018
Po Drum Mome/A Girl on the Road
London-based Bulgarian singer Eugenia Georgieva presents an exploration of Bulgarian song with this album, having already established herself as a...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2018
Fenfo
Can it really be seven years since Fatoumata Diawara's debut on World Circuit announced her as the brightest new female...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018
A Parulluccia
Alba emerged from the rebirth of Corsican music at the end of the 20th century, honouring the distinctive polyphony of...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: June/2018
The Essential AR Rahman
If the bansuri (flute) is his magic wand then the symphonic orchestra is his playground. The seamlessness with which AR...
Reviewed by Rafay Mahmood in issue: June/2018
De Rio a Rio
Firstly there's that wordplay in the group's name; however, it's unclear if there is anything else that solid beyond the...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2018
We Have One Destiny
Ayuune Sule discovered his passion for playing the kologo — a two-stringed lute — learning from the musicians who would...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: June/2018
Universalists
What might Jimi Hendrix have sounded like if he had enjoyed access to a library of global sounds that were...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018
Two Score
Now entering their fifth decade, albeit with a lengthy 1990s hiatus included, and having undergone numerous line-up changes, the current...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2018
