Reviews
On Banjo
Acclaimed as the only female five-string banjoist in the American Banjo Hall of Fame, Alison Brown gives full flower to...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2023
A Message from Mozambique
Fifty years ago, change was brewing. The outrage piqued by US-backed war and civil war in Africa, by racism, injustice...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2023
Midnight Alvorada
Swedish label ajabu! must have a good network of scouts. Pedro Rosa is their latest Brazilian discovery, following the likes...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2023
18 Piano Sutras & 25 South Asian Pianisms
This double album of piano suites is by prolific composer and pianist Tanya Ekanayaka, from Sri Lanka. Each of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2023
Come Back To Me
Originally from the Ivory Coast Peter One emigrated to the US to escape Civil War. Prior to this, he released...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2023
ASAP Inşallah
For the past dozen years, the electronic music duo Zuzu Zakaria & Tatu Metsätähti have intrigued with their raw blend...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: June/2023
This Is Zologo Beat
From the home of kologo music in Ghana's Upper East Region, comes a new dance compilation innovated by one of...
Reviewed by Kirsty Osei-Bempong in issue: June/2023
Island no 16 – Memories of Future Landscapes
This deeply enchanting record was borne out of an intimate liaison with SABIWA's memories of childhood in the embattled East...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2023
