Reviews
Expedition to the Lost World, Part II: Spring
Jarek Adamów is a Polish muti-instrumentalist – accordion, clarinet, hurdy-gurdy and many other things – with a strong interest in the raw...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022
Djine Bora
On their third album this five-piece band from Bamako in Mali have completely mastered their astonishing fusion of traditional and...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: August/September/2022
Up and Away
While unapologetically poppy at heart, there’s a redeeming musical depth and (there’s no other word for it but) ‘soul’ to...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: August/September/2022
God Created Everything
There’s so much interesting music coming out of Ghana at the moment, from the explosive King Ayisoba and his disciples...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2022
Indo-Arabic Variations
As this 1980 album has been increasing in value over the years (original copies appear to go for around £50...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2022
Gnawa Soul
The Gnawa, Morocco’s musical brotherhoods, were placed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list in 2019. This is a...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2022
Dancing Under the Moon
The Master Musicians of Jajouka Led by Bachir Attar
Cosmic, gargantuan, ecstatic and best played very, very loud, the Master Musicians of Jajouka need little introduction. Since Beat writers...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2022
Lovers Rock: The Soulful Sound of Romantic Reggae
An episode of Steve McQueen’s acclaimed BBC television series Small Axe stimulated renewed interest in lover’s rock, the Black British...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: July/2022
The Canny Band
The debut album from Sam Mabbett, Michael Biggins and Callum Convoy is an exciting and fresh piece of trad fusion....
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2022
