Reviews
Wood & Steel
This is a simple, but fascinating meeting of French jazz flautist Joce Mienniel playing a Western Boehm-system classical flute and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2022
Hitsville Re-Visited
Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu
The cavalcade of 1970s and 80s African album reissues shows no signs of slowing. This one, originally released in 1982,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2019
Cecil Sharp Project
Earlier this year, a remarkable ‘Who's Who’ of the new British folk scene assembled in London's Cecil Sharp House. Lined...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Iran: Music of the Persian Gulf
Many of Iran’s regional folk music traditions are still relatively unknown to world music audiences in Europe and North America....
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: March/2010
Bantu Spaceship
Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe has witnessed something of a musical freeing up since the death of the revolutionary turned tyrant in 2019....
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2023
El Alimento
Medical student turned padrino del funk, Cimafunk has been one of the hottest names in Cuban music since releasing his...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2021
The Golden Angle
It's hard to know what to make of this album. David Benedict is clearly an extraordinarily gifted young musician, zipping...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Night Spirit Masters
Recorded live at night in the medina of Marrakech by Billy Youdelman using an Akai digital 12-track and produced by...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2022
