Reviews
América Invertida
Inspired by a famous drawing by Joaquín Torres García portraying South America upside down, this compilation centres on tiny, overlooked...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2020
The Dawning
Founding member of folk group Assynt, fiddler and composer Graham Mackenzie follows his 2016 solo debut Crossing Borders with a...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2023
Fool's Gold
After Vampire Weekend, bring on Fool's Good, America's latest indie rockers to mine African music in search of fresh inspiration....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2010
Blue Fields
Sister vocalists Marjan and Mahsa Vahdat have made a name for themselves in recent years with a number of joint...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: October/2014
Into the Dark
Swelling unison riffs, ringing drones and lattice-work accompaniment: Into the Dark is a celebration of American string playing par excellence....
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2014
In a Lifetime
Tickets are on sale for Clannad's farewell tour, and to go with it, various weights of a Best Of anthology,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2020
Home
Here’s an interesting oddity. A group of African musicians sing in a makeshift studio on the banks of Lake Malawi,...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2022
In Memory of Ethiopia’s Greatest Azmari
Bahru Kegne | Chalachew Ashenafi & Ilita Band
After the success of the Netherlands’ band The Ex’s collaboration with Getatchew Mekuria, Terrie Hessel, the band’s guitarist, has issued...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2014
Soaked
Their first album, according to this Brussels-based trio of former street musicians, is all about ‘taking a stance and taking...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2021
