Reviews
One Sky
After escaping the Iraq-Iran war in the 1990s, the oud (lute) player Rahim AlHaj moved to the US; Letters From...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: July/2018
Beginner's Guide to Flamenco
This three-CD compilation provides the uninitiated with a very thorough grounding in flamenco's staple forms. Tangos, bulerías and alegrías are...
Reviewed by Russell Patron in issue: June/2012
Tributo Desde Londres a Cali
After a smash-hit album with Salsa with Vibraphone, Dorance Lorza & Sexteto Café are back. The music here is pleasant,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
The Brickfields
This fourth studio album from the British folk trio is one of many albums born out of the pandemic that...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2021
In Our Voices
Sing out, people. Raise your voices. Raise them in harmony with others. Sing out in the spirit of dissent and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2021
Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything
Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything
What do Indian raga, bluegrass, klezmer and Mongolian throat singing have in common? Nothing. And maybe that’s exactly what Canadian...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: March/2014
Ukubonga
Lorraine Klaasen & Mongezi Ntaka
It was astonishing how quickly the resistance music of the townships – The Indestructible Beat of Soweto, as it was memorably...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2023
Ekonklo
Ekonklo is a thoroughly enjoyable hour of gentle West African roots music. Adjiri Odametey is a singer-songwriter from Accra, Ghana...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2021
Evocazioni e Invocazioni
Ancient resonances tinge Davide Ambrogio's timbre. He is a Calabrian singer and multi-instrumentalist – guitars, Calabrian lyre, zampogna (bagpipes), electronics...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: November/2021
Debademba
Abdoulaye Traoré & Mohamed Diaby
The collaborative spirit is alive and well on Debademba, an album ostensibly created by two 20-something Paris-based West Africans: guitarist...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2011
