Reviews
Branches of the Same Tree
Ghanaian-born reggae singer and humanitarian activist Rocky Dawuni has released a collection of uplifting ballads inspired by his travels through...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2015
Songs of Our Native Daughters
A super-group of inspiring black female roots performers, Our Native Daughters are Rhiannon Giddens and former Carolina Chocolate Drops partner...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2019
Songbirds: Albanian Music from 78s 1924-1948
The great dreamer of European unity, Stefan Zweig, speaking of poetics and spiritual power, once wrote that ‘The Skipetares (Albanians)...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2021
Otherworldly
The Pyramids formed at Antioch College, Ohio in 1972 as an avant– garde cosmic jazz band, influenced by the likes...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2013
Para la Espera
A folk superstar in Latin America, Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez I embodies a fast-ageing fantasy of left-leaning pan-continental unity spearheaded...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2020
Cheek Mountain Thief
This album is OK. This album is not terrible. But the buck has to stop somewhere. The world simply does...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Çhâñt Électrónïqúe Vol 1
‘We are very, very curious,' this aptly named international seven-piece collective suggests – and what a curious album this is....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2021
Out of the Desert
The inherently transcendental sound of virtuoso Tasha Smith Godinez’s harp fits her stated purpose in this recording of celebrating her...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2022
Banjo Diary: Lessons from Tradition
It's easy to connect with author and banjoist Wade's love of American folk music. It radiates from his book, The...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2013
Sissoko & Sissoko
Ballaké Sissoko & Baba Sissoko
Back in the day, Djelimady Sissoko and Madou Sissoko were stalwarts of the National Orchestra of Mali. Eventually their sons,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2019
