Reviews
Men Lŏnu
Duo Landry+ formed in 2016 after an encounter at the Institut Français de Cotonou. Together, clarinettist, flautist and saxophonist Landry...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: July/2024
Zungguzungguguzungguzeng!
Back in 1983, two years after the death of Bob Marley, Yellowman was the most successful performer in Jamaica. Born...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2024
CultureRize: Bamako All Stars Vol I
All-star projects can often end up with curate’s egg on their tracklists. The Bamako-based collective with the cumbersome name are...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2024
Dawgnilo!
Dawgnilo! brings together two mandolin maestros, Brazilian Brito and American Grisman. The latter emerged from the Greenwich Village scene as...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2024
uNomkhubulwane
Nduduzo Makhathini, the South African pianist, composer, healer and philosopher, offers his third Blue Note Records album, uNomkhubulwane. This remarkable...
Reviewed by Hillary Palesa Morusi in issue: July/2024
As Palavras, Vol 1 and 2
The city of Rio de Janeiro oozes out of the rhythms and words of this double album by Latin Grammy-nominated...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: July/2024
Espontaneamente se Tenta: Aventuras Sonoras de Djalma Corrêa
While Djalma Corrêa (1942-2022) is renowned for his research into Afro-Brazilian percussion and his work with the Tropicalistas Doces Bárbaros,...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: July/2024
Build Something Better
Grace Petrie is a Leicester-born singer-songwriter and musical activist who sounds better, and angrier, with every new album. She started...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2024
Outliers
Jenny Sturgeon & Boo Hewerdine
The title of this collaboration between singer-songwriters Jenny Sturgeon and Boo Hewerdine encapsulates the lockdown experience in which it was...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2024
