Reviews
Songs from the Bardo
Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith
Dealing with dying is a major aspect of both the sacred and secular. Songs from the Bardo is a small...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2019
Essential
To celebrate the 70th birthday of England's foremost folk singer, the country's most original and innovative guitarist and a man...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2011
Ethiopia Super Krar
The stripped-down acoustic approach taken here seems primed to deliver a raw yet updated, blast of Ethiopian blues, focusing as...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2012
La Guitarra: Mi Vida
Juan Martín & Chaparro de Málaga
A sometime collaborator with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, Juan Martín is one of the most versatile flamenco guitarists currently...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Solas an Lae
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin & Ultan O'Brien
Fiddler Ultan O'Brien and singer Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin have been one of Ireland's best-kept secrets in recent years. Having first...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2021
Arghyam: The Offering
This album is part of the new Utsav! series that celebrates the ‘ life, music and legacy of Ravi Shankar.’...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Jola: Hidden Gnawa Music in Brussels
A label, venue, and performing arts foundation, Muziekpublique's latest release focuses on Brussels’ population of Gnawa musicians, which numbers some...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2020
Coming Home
Ghanaian highlife appears to be regaining its popularity of late, and those who witnessed Pat Thomas at WOMAD in July...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2016
Sodjan
If ngoni virtuoso Makan Badje Tounkara looks like he might be out to cash in on Bassekou Kouyaté's extraordinary success...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: Apr/May/2012
