Reviews
Aw Sa Yone Vol 2
In the early 1980s in the city of Thies in Senegal, a group recorded approximately two-and-a-half hours of music that...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2016
Live in Paris
For a while, it seemed that the world's favourite desert blues sultans had lost their swing. Their performance at the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016
Cabaret of Death
Unfortunately I haven’t yet seen the Polish drama documentary Cabaret of Death, which won a Prix Italia last year. Directed...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2016
Pre’volution: Le Président, ma Moto et Moi
In October 2014, the people of Burkina Faso took to the streets to demand the removal of Blaise Compaoré, the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016
The Peacock's Feathers
Established stars in their native Germany, five-piece Fleadh's last album, 2013's The Cleggan Bay Disaster, was festooned with awards, picking...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2016
Chienne de Vie
This rather engaging combo was formed by two Vincents – one surnamed Allard and the other Sanchez – who left...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: March/2016
If He Dies, If If If If If If
Not so much a group as a multi-media project, Jerusalem in My Heart consist of Lebanon-born Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016
Transglobal Roots Fusion
In 2012, the Swedish folk group Kolonien set up Världens Band as an experiment, creating an unlikely mash-up that combines...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: March/2016
Solo & Indrė
Cross-cultural kora and string collaborations have been rather in vogue for the last couple of years, and for good reason:...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
