Reviews
Viaje a la Amistad: La Habana, Paris, Caracas
Gérard Naulet, Orlando Valle, Orlando Poleo & Friends
The trope of a viaje a la amistad – a ‘journey to friendship’ – is integral to Latin American music,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2018
Lung Capacity
Bands that play with smiles on their faces and tongues in their cheeks are often mistrusted by the brow-furrowing serious...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2011
Kala Jula
Samba Diabate & Vincent Zanetti
In essence, this album by Malian griot Samba Diabate and Swiss world music specialist and multi-instrumentalist Vincent Zanetti is a...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Apr/May/2013
Hakili
Mamady Keita is, pretty much, the Ravi Shankar of the djembé. More than any other artist, he has taken the...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: March/2011
Metta
Damian Helliwell, better known as a member of Gaelic Dàimh, has launched his new project, Metta, in collaboration with a...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
A Sign of Rain
Kim So Ra is a formidable Korean percussionist. Her main instrument is the janggu, the doubled headed hourglass drum. Played...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2020
Notre Album Solo
Le Vent du Nord & De Temps Antan
The supergroup of Le Vent du Nord and De Temps Antan came together a few years ago to tour, but...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: June/2019
TÌR: Highland Life & Lore
Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona Mackenzie
TÌR: Highland Life & Lore is the debut album from the mighty singer-songwriter duo of Brian Ó hEadhra and Fiona...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Live in Calstock
Could it be that such a thing as a Devonshire sound is appearing in English folk music? This first live...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
