Reviews
Djely Blues
One of the world's consummate guitarists with a touch, phrasing, rhythmic swing and fluidity to rival any rock’n’roll axe hero...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2016
The Rough Guide to the Music of Palestine
Less than 20 years ago, a representative of the Palestinian National Authority in London warned me that “there wasn't much...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2014
Songs from the Forest Soundtrack
Thirty years ago, the American musicologist Louis Sarno travelled to the Central African Republic to research the music of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2015
This Is Funkiwala
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
London-based record label Funkiwala is a global music treasure trove, a spiritual and (hopefully) commercial home for the best and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2022
Laws of Motion
Karine Polwart with Steven Polwart & Inge Thomson
Following hot on the heels of A Pocket of Wind Resistance, Polwart's album to accompany her Wind Resistance theatre project,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2018
Traces from an Old Vineyard
The first time I heard the subtle Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat was via a CD playing at Lorca, an artists’...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Apr/May/2015
God’s Plenty
Ambient duo Padang Food Tigers do not equip listeners with a map to navigate their signature fusion of found sound,...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/February/2022
Mezclatotäl
The one thing you cannot accuse Komasi of is a lack of ambition. Respectively from France, Burkina Faso and Chile,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2021
The Broken Tongue
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird
The much talked-about Yiddish revival has one of its most eloquent advocates in the American accord¬ionist and Berlin resident, Daniel...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
A Universe That Roasts Blossoms for a Horse
The first track on Širom's A Universe that Roasts Blossoms for a Horse sounds like an intro to an adventurous...
Reviewed by Agnieszka Ujma in issue: November/2019
