Reviews
Africa Express Presents: Maison des Jeunes
It was always going to be interesting to see how Damon Albarn’s Africa Express project would translate to the recording...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2014
Grey Falcon
Svetlana Spajic has been researching and performing the village music of Serbs in Serbia itself and further afield for many...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2013
Power in the Blood
Buffy Sainte-Marie, now 74 and into her 51st year as a recording artist, was born in Canada to Cree parents....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Russian Folksongs in the Key of Sadness
Evgeny Masloboev & Anastasia Masloboeva
Leo Records, which has released artists such as Sun Ra, Evan ParkerandArt Ensemble of Chicago, has long been an important...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Manghoua Foura
The Wassoulou region of southern Mali has an incredible record for producing great female singers. They were celebrated with Sterns’...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2012
Shimmer Gold
The second release from Estonian trio Trad.Attack! picks up where their debut left off. ‘Talgo’ opens ferociously with a pounding...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2017
Tides
A collaboration between LA rapper Eligh and Indian sarod player Alam Khan, Tides is the second such album from the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: January/2021
Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions
The friendship between Seu Jorge and Rogê goes back 25 years when the two aspiring musicians met at a gig...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2020
