Reviews
Night Song
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook
Night Song was the second time the Pakistani devotional qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan had worked with Canadian producer...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2019
Wa Di Yo
Grabbing you by the scruff of the neck from the get-go, this nine-strong collective pays homage to Haiti's varied traditions,...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2016
Les Mamans du Congo & RRobin
Blending any sort of traditional music with electronic effects is always a risk. Meanings may be lost, or rhythms diluted....
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2021
Love in Africa
Kodjovi Kush & Afrospot All Stars
Inspired by his jazz musician father, Kodjovi Kush started his first band aged just 15 and has since played with...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: March/2018
Chants Berbères de Kabylie
In the middle part of the 20th century, pioneering poets, writers and singers rediscovered micro¬cosms of traditional culture that had...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: July/2010
Viva Diaspora
With over two decades of being lauded for his electronic take on Gypsy brass and klezmer stylings, Frankfurt's Shantel hit...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2015
Out of Mind
Formed in late 2014, after the sweetly harmonising Carrivick Sisters (guitar player Charlotte and fiddler Laura) joined forces with mandolin...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2016
The Wayward Tour Live
Following on from Wayward Daughter Eliza Carthy's double-CD Best Of set, The Wayward Tour Live is a CD and DVD...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2015
Continuum
For their seventh album, Singapore-based art-rockers The Observatory, most of whom are graduates of various 90s bands, have combined guitars,...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: November/2015
Habibi: Classics & Collaborations
Natacha Atlas’ back-catalogue has been open-cast mined in recent years, with both a Best Of and a cut-price box-set already...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
