Reviews

Cinéma el Mundo

Lo'Jo

Many times I've taken a deep breath before beginning yet another CD review by some young global fusion band who...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2012

Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions

Seu Jorge and Rogê

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

Live From Festival au Desert Timbuktu

VARIOUS ARTISTS

As anyone who has made the annual trip to northern Mali knows, the Festival in the Desert is a unique...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013

An Angel’s Healing

Miguel Muziq

Being unkind, one might suggest that Michael Panteli should change his moniker from Muziq to Muzaq. The album is commendably...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Shiwezwa

Namvula

This is a very impressive debut from a young singer born in Zambia, but raised in Switzerland, Kenya and Scotland....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Silver Sanctuary

Zedashe Ensemble

Zedashe are an accomplished polyphonic choir from Georgia, based in the fortress city of Sighnaghi in the wine-growing area of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/2021

Pilgrim Souls

Megan Henderson

The fiddler, singer and step-dancer with popular Scottish band Breabach, and a member of a prominent traditional music family from...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2022

Dust and Dirt

The Black Seeds

Kiwi reggae has long forged a name for itself domestically, but it’s only in the last decade or so that...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: July/2012

Black Cowboys

Dom Flemons

On his third solo album, one of the founders of the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops explores the history of African-American...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018

Sou Luz

Dona Rosa

It has been over a decade since Dona Rosa went from street singer in Lisbon’s Baixa to a world sensation...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2012