Reviews
The Rough Guide to South African Jazz
The title might suggest another nostalgic ‘golden era’ compilation of township jive, kwela and marabi, built around the old favourites...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2016
Neskrotený
Hrdza (Rust) is a Slovakia-based band inspired by the East European folk traditions, consisting of Slavomír Gibarti (vocals, guitars), Susanna...
Reviewed by Agnieszka Ujma in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
TMSA Young Trad Tour 2019
Each year, the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year’s six finalists form a band with the previous...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: November/2020
Back to Soweto
Umsakazo Records is a UK-based label making a mark with lovingly reissued vintage township jive and mbaqanga from the likes...
Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: March/2021
Unfurl
Flora Curzon (violin) and Francesca Ter-Berg (cello) demonstrate a symbiotic musical relationship in this at times remarkable debut album. The...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2019
Albat Alawi Op 99
Eyal El Wahab, the young music maker behind El Khat, is a true original. Many of his homemade instruments are...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2022
Alku: The Beginning
Violin, voice and jouhikko (Finnish bowed lyre) make for a powerful combination in this solo album from Päivi Hirvonen, who...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2018
Le Cri du Cyclope
French-Lebanese percussionist Wassim Halal was originally trained in Lebanese dabke music. His first album, Revolutionary Birds, with Mounir Troudi and...
Reviewed by Marwan Shamiyeh in issue: March/2019
Stone Soup
Cormac Byrne & Adam Summerhayes
This is an audacious piece of work by two accomplished musicians. Adam Summerhayes is a classically trained fiddler with a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2019
Spinning in the Wheel
Projeto Arcomusical has the mission statement of bringing joy to the world through the berimbau and their intricate pieces are...
Reviewed by Charlie Long in issue: November/2019
