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Following a recent WOMEX showcase, 3PEOPLEMUSIC, a Taiwanese trio of traditional instruments – zither (guzheng), moon lute (zhongruan) and flutes...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: February/March/2026
Sangat
Sikh founder Guru Nanak’s retinue included a Muslim rabab (Afghan lute) player. Inspired by this, Sangat makes a pitch for...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2026
Sun Gonna Shine
Chiefly now remembered – if at all – for his 1930s work with Tommy Johnson, here Roosevelt Holts proves himself...
Reviewed by Paul Slade in issue: April/2026
Tournivelle
Tournivelle, the second release by La Cuivraille since the band’s founding by violinist Gabriel Lenoir in 2014, showcases a refinement...
Reviewed by Duog DeLoach in issue: April/2026
Music From Somewhere Else: The Enclosure
Currently based in Estonia, British guitarist and ethnomusicologist Stuart Ironside is a graduate of SOAS who blends his classical technique...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2026
Heol Las
Welsh instrumentalist Huw Marc Bennett’s new album, Heol Las, cuts a refreshingly fine dash. Taking traditional melodies from South Wales...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2026
Callings of the Owed
Emerging from Cairo’s experimental underground, Mi3raj is a duo comprising poet/vocalist Mohamed Tarek Moussa and producer/muti-instrumentalist Abdelrahman Shaat. Their hypnotically...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2026
Owelu Dreamhouse
Owelu Dreamhouse is a collaborative project masterminded by vocalist Nkechi Anele and multi-instrumentalist and arranger Nic Ryan-Glenie, both formerly of...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: April/2026
Afrosoul 2
This disconcerting compilation leaps from one idea to another, trying to find something fresh. An array of African acts unsuccessfully...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: July/2014
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band
This is a new recording of old-school highlife and Afrobeat from one of Ghana's great vocalists, backed by a scorching...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
