Reviews
Coisa Boa
It's been 13 years since Moreno Veloso's last album – his debut, Music Typewriter – heralded a new generation of...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2015
Alsahraa
On her first album, View from Somewhere, the London-based Sudanese-Italian singer Amira Kheir explored the various musical traditions of Sudan....
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2014
Janna Aana
There have been enough qawwali- electronica fusions they could almost be their own sub-genre. The point of encounter seems to...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: November/2020
Bombyx Mori
This is an extremely elegant and accomplished record. But that should come as no surprise as it features three extremely...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2020
Chosen Daughter
When I reviewed O'Connor's debut release, This Willowed Light, back in #102, I enthused about how the turn of phrase...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2019
The Rough Guide to the Music of Scandinavia
This compilation takes a broad view of Scandinavia, going beyond the usual Norway/Sweden/ Denmark configuration and taking in fellow Nordic...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Beginner’s Guide to South Africa
The title’s something of a misnomer. While this extended trawl of the last 30 plus years of South African music...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
22 Strings
After his sublime album, Clychau Dibon, with Welsh harpist Catrin Finch that won Best Cross-Cultural Collaboration in the 2014 Songlines...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2015
Start
From the very first note, there's no mistaking that this is a Félix Lajkó album. The opening chord is the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021
