Reviews
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
Northern Khmer Spirit Music in Thailand
Kantrum boran, the traditional music of Northern Khmer people, is found in the lower north-eastern Thai provinces of Surin, Sri...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: August/September/2022
The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab
Mohamed Abdel Wahab was a titanic figure within Middle Eastern music. Composing for legends such as Egyptian singers Oum Kalthoum,...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: December/2022
