Reviews
Footwork
The debut album from English fiddler Lewis Wood is something of a concept album – and it’s a nice concept. Footwork...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: August/September/2022
Mireya
From Puerto Rico, born to a Dominican mum and Mexican dad, Mireya is singer and founder of NYC-based all-women mariachi...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/September/2022
Live at WOMAD 1982
Can it really be 40 years since the first WOMAD took place at the Royal Bath and West Showground in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2022
Kudu Bisa Kudu
The French drummer Guigou Chenevier was a founder member of the prog-punk-jazz pioneers Etron Fou Leloublan in 1973. Here he...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: August/September/2022
Intercontinental
Brian Molley Quartet with special guest Krishna Kishor
Jazz musicians from Scotland can claim to be the UK’s most exciting exponents on the scene. Saxophonist Brian Molley is...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: August/September/2022
Prize Fighter
Odia are an international trio who recorded this, their debut album, without actually meeting in person. Founder member Stuart Spence...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: August/September/2022
Music from Saharan WhatsApp
Sahel Sounds’ groundbreaking 2011 compilation Music from Saharan Cellphones opened the world’s ears to the massive network of democratic digital...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/September/2022
Meridian Brothers & Grupo Renacimiento
It’s hard to think of too many bands that can be as divisive as Meridian Brothers. They share the same...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: August/September/2022
The Rough Guide to Jewish Music
Klezmer is by far the most well-known Jewish music genre, to the extent that it is often the only one...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/September/2022
