Reviews
Dytomite Starlite Band of Ghana
Dytomite Starlite Band of Ghana
Although the identities of the musicians playing on this album are a complete mystery (such is the joy of old...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: October/2019
The Source
Since former Rolling Stone Brian Jones first recorded them in 1968, the sound of the musicians of Jajouka in Morocco's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Brass Like it Hot
Dzambo Agusevi was born in 1987 into a Roma musical family in Strumica, Macedonia, and joined his father's orchestra playing...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2016
Soaring Wild Lands
Dawda’s father Amadu Bansang Jobarteh was in effect the official kora player to Gambia’s first president, and he named his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022
Winter’s End
This powerful album opens with some strange buzzing percussion and tapping wood. It’s the first time a chikulo has appeared...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Brut de Bratsch 1973-2013
For their 40th anniversary last year, this veteran French group have released a blockbuster of a commemorative set: not only...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: June/2014
Ubuntu: The Common String
In 1979 Dizu Plaatjies created the South African percussion ensemble Amampondo in Cape Town. Initially they were a street-busking group...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
The Willow Collection
Albums do not usually come as beautifully conceived and packaged as The Willow Collection from young Nova Scotian sisters Cassie...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2017
Terre Rouge
At the opening weekend of this summer's Mendocino Music Festival in California, two bands from eastern Canada made an interesting...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: November/2015
Discover
Bagpipes are among the least sexy, fashionable or popular instruments on the planet – they’re a notch below the harmonica,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2013
