Reviews
Camin Sobiran
Listen casually to this latest release from the Pau-based label in South-West France and you might mistake its minimalism for...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2021
Live in Bangalore
Performing in Bangalore in February 2012 (around ten months before his death) Ravi Shankar is on top form here, alongside...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: December/2015
Purpose + Grace
How's this for statistics: 23 nominations in 11 years at the BBC Folk Awards, including nine consecutive nominations for Artist...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Notebook
The cello is not a go-to instrument for folk and traditional music. But in the hands of Barry Phillips, it...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2020
Dounya
Gnawa Youmala are a multinational and multigenerational Paris-based six-piece, and with this debut, they reshape Moroccan Gnawa music with their...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Alex Wilson Presents Salsa Veritas: Truly for Dancers
UK-born jazz pianist¬producer Alex Wilson might spend most of his time in Switzer¬land – one of the several countries he...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Amaratch Musica
EthioSonic is the sister series to Ethiopiques, documenting modern Ethiopian influenced sounds from around the globe, no matter whether it’s...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Apr/May/2013
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Őszi Vázlatok (Live)
The Hungarian group Tárkány Müvek, led by cimbalom player Bálint Tárkány-Kovács have been going about five years, playing inventive folk-meets-jazz...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Amonafi
Right from the opening track, ‘Woyoyoye’, a slice of the Afro-pop perfection Daby Touré is known for, it is clear...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2015
Bend Skin Beats
Blind singer-guitarist André Marie Tala is a veteran of modern Cameroonian music. Some of his earliest recordings were arranged by...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
