Reviews
No Reino Dos Afetos
Bruno Berle hails from Maceió, Alagoas, a state on the east coast of Brazil that boasts a tight-knit musical community....
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: August/September/2022
Homenagem
Samba from Berlin? Why not? There has been plenty of choro coming from unexpected places recently, but not so much...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2022
Mousehold
Led by Georgia Shackleton on fiddle and vocals, with Nic Zuppardi on mandolin and Aaren Bennett on guitar, the East...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2022
A Guide to the Birdsong of Western Africa
Following two volumes, the first in South America, and the second spanning Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, Shika Shika...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: August/September/2022
Many Faces
The cover of this sophomore album by London-based trombonist Justin Thurgur sums up its questing, fizzing, all-for-one spirit. Here, inside...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/September/2022
Banjophonics
With tune titles including ‘Daisy’s Dance’ and ‘Happy Little Phoebe’ (Daisy and Phoebe being the names of Damien O’Kane’s two...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: August/September/2022
Faso Denou
The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar
The rustic Wiltshire village of Box in the Cotswolds could hardly be more quintessentially English. The Rev W Awdry, who...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2022
Tell ’Em You Were Gold
In 2007, when Jason and Pharis met at a fiddle jam, the former’s reputation as a banjo luthier extraordinaire was...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/September/2022
Âwât
Having met in Marseille in 2016, Shadi Fathi (setar and shurangiz) and Bijan Chemirani (zarb, daf, percussion) have cultivated a...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: August/September/2022
Orchestre Massako
The latest release in Analog Africa’s Limited Dance Edition series throws the spotlight on Gabon’s Orchestre Massako, founded by Jean-Christian...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2022
