Frank Solivan's satin-smooth, mid-tenor voice soars right off the bat in ‘Crave’, the opening track of If You Can't Stand...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2019
Dressed in griot-chic and wielding his gimbri like a Fender Stratocaster, Nuru Kane comes on like a trans-Saharan cross between...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
Led by composer/arranger Li Jiang, Heart of the Dragon Ensemble is a UK-based collective of Chinese instrumentalists, known for their...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2022
In non-Francophone world music camps, Martinique and Guadeloupe were somewhat overlooked in the recent rush for Latin and African music....
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
This impressive debut album from Buenos Aires-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Santiago Molina subtly draws together original compositions and artful reworkings...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: January/February/2023
Many reviewers judged the indigenous Pitjantjatjara singer-songwriter Frank Yamma's 2010 acoustic opus Countryman to be a masterpiece. The intervening years...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2015
If you’ve seen Salif Keita, Oumou Sangaré or Amadou & Mariam live, you may well have seen Awa Sangho, for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2016
Finland has a small Roma community and a tango scene – both the music and the dance. So much so...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2018
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