Reviews
One People One World
Around the same time as Seun Kuti's excellent new album Black Times, elder brother Femi has also returned to the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
For
Describing herself as ‘a harper, composer and sound artist,’ Úna Monaghan holds a degree in astrophysics from Cambridge University and...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2018
Angathin
This is another great disc, possibly their best yet, from the Cypriot trio Monsieur Doumani. They push the musical boat...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2018
Voun
Zanmari Baré is an exceptionally talented musician. He sings in Creole, with a high, yearning voice that is a little...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2018
Toubalbero
After a trio of exquisitely textured all-acoustic albums for the Chicago-based indie label Thrill Jockey, the 59-year-old Malian singer and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
Musical Explorers: Music of Tibet
This re-release of archive recordings is a welcome addition to the many Tibetan musical releases recorded in exile since the...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2018
Koum Tara: Chaâbi, Jazz and Strings
Disregard the rather bland title: this album is a luminous jewel. It's an uncommon mixture, to say the least, based...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2018
Alerta Canibal
Founders of Spain's mestizo movement, fusing salsa, rock, ska, funk, cumbia and the rhythms of Afrobeat with the attitude of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
Dilhayat Kalfa: Eserleri Classics
As well as being a composer of distinction and an instrumentalist in the Ottoman court at the beginning of the...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: May/2018
