Reviews
Mysteries Unfold
Take a deep breath before playing Tassignon’s solo debut Mysteries Unfold, the waters run deep ahead. After several decades working...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: November/2020
Dzen
There are many projects that aim for a pan-African sound; they usually rely on collaboration between different cultures. Not for...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Stories Sung, Truths Told
Recorded in just one week in summer 2014 and produced by Jim Moray, Stories Sung, Truths Told ably shows off...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2015
Adama Drame
A long-term champion of West Africa’s loudest hand drum, the djembé master Adama Dramé here gets his early 90s solo...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Veracruz: Sones y Flores
Think of a male/female acoustic guitar duo, add Mexico to the equation and you may well come up with Rodrigo...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2021
New Cities
New Cities is the third album from a collective exploring the possibilities that emerge from adapting source material from the...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2016
Panic Grass & Fever Few
Ian King of England – it has an old–money ring to it – is a Barnsley–born singer and stonewaller. The...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2010
Footsteps in the Snow
L'Attirail featuring Sidi Bémol
In true L'Attirail fashion, Footsteps in the Snow is a journey rooted in travel and storytelling. Here, sounds float in...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: April/2021
Black Birds are Dancing Over Me
Danny Michel & The Garifuna Collective
For those who do not know him or his work, Danny Michel is a folk-rock singer from Ontario, whose reflective,...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2013
