Reviews
The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
The recordings of Lead Belly, made between his discovery in prison in 1933 by the folklorists John and Alan Lomax...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2015
7 Fish
This is Kelly Thoma's second solo album and, like her debut Anamkhara, it reveals her to be among the most...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2015
Rhythms of the Atlantic
Kadialy Kouyaté & Leonard Jacome
The premise of this album may seem a little familiar: a cross-cultural harp collaboration between Senegalese kora maestro Kadialy Kouyaté...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2015
The Fourth Light
Built around the captivating voice of the Iranian-born singer Azam Ali, the fusion of Sufi mysticism and electronic trance beats...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2015
Bird Under Water
The Pakistani composer Arooj Aftab has been gaining momentum since she left Lahore for Berklee College of Music in 2005....
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: June/2015
Dubbing with Anansi
Neil ‘Mad Professor’ Fraser returns with another dub album, a medium in which this apprentice of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry seems...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2015
The Twelve Pins
This instrumental trio of Peter Browne (accordion), Lucas González (guitar) and Robbie Harris (hand percussion) begin their first album with...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
Sikoses
The Nicosia-based trio Monsieur Doumani have returned with a truly sterling effort on their second album. It features reworkings of...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2015
Meus Quintais
Although she was a key player in the nascent tropicália movement, Maria Bethânia Viana Telles Veloso trod a more conventional...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2015
