Reviews
I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country
Co-produced by Joel Savoy and Joshua Clegg Caffery, and based on Caffery's scholarly tome, Traditional Music in Coastal Louisiana: The...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2016
Eve's Bonie Squad
Discerning souls like Martin Green, Kris Drever and Chris Wood are already fans of this idiosyncratic Scottish songwriter. But unless...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2015
Still as Your Sleeping
Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan
There’s a paradox at the heart of this album from Scottish singer-songwriter Karine Polwart and pianist Dave Milligan. It is...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2021
Animism
When Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq was awarded the prestigious Polaris Prize (Canada's equivalent to the Mercury Prize) this October...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Do You Hear Me?
Like Cheikh Lô, Senegal's Batch Gueye is a member of the Baye Fall, the dreadlocked Sufi brotherhood founded by Amadou...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2021
Sabaru
Sekou is the son of Guinean kora player M’Bady Kouyaté, but takes tradition further, using amplification and effects pedals. He...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2015
Sacred Earth
Sharon Shannon's first new studio album in three years is a curious affair. It seems to promise something for everyone,...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2017
Tango Macondo
Despite its name, Tango Macondo is not a tango record. It’s a soundscape of real and imaginary lands, born out...
Reviewed by Megan Iacobini de fazio in issue: March/2022
The Rough Guide to Ethiopian Jazz
Rough Guides turns its attention to the wonderful world of Ethio-jazz. The trap of focusing only on Buda Musique's landmark...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2016
