Reviews
Jamilat Reprise
Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan founded Beirut's groundbreaking electro-duo Soapkills, garnering a cult following across the Arab world. In 2013 she...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Havana Cultura: ¡Súbelo, Cuba!
The West likes to glibly glamourise Cuba, keeping it doing a shimmying dance in aspic. The reality is more complex...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Listen All Around: The Golden Age of Central and East African Music
If it ain't exquisite, it ain't Dust to Digital. The record label is well known for its high-quality compilations of...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Los Super Seven/Canto
Los Super Seven were, initially, a Tex-Mex supergroup – a studio project formed in 1997 bringing David Hidalgo and CÉsar...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Muslims and Christians
The vaults of the golden era of Ethio-jazz have been pretty much exhausted by the wonderful Éthiopiques series - but...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
I'm Not Here to Hunt Rabbits
Here is a remarkable compilation of modern rural acoustic guitar and vocal music from Botswana. One of the performers on...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
So a Cantar
Three years ago, on his album Sem Dor Nem Piedade, Duarte dove deep into his mourning for a lost love;...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Mambas
Keyboardist Jean Baptiste FerrÉ was born in Paris, with a mixed French and Guadeloupian heritage. His studies spanned classical and...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
BaHarim: An Oud Fantasy
‘Set against a starry desert backdrop,’ Tidhar says, ‘my music is a meeting between me and the oud.’ True to...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Shortwinger
Maddy Prior, Hannah James & Giles Lewin
In 2012, Maddy Prior got together with singer, accordionist and clog dancer Hannah James (Lady Maisery) and violinist and piper...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
