Reviews
Cantano Gli Ucci
Mascarimirì like to say they were born in a Salento ‘not yet touristic’ and out of the union ‘between tradition...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2024
La Negra – Tribute to Mercedes Sosa
Claudia Meyer’s fourth solo album is a tribute to Argentinian folk singer Mercedes Sosa, affectionately known as ‘La Negra’. Meyer’s...
Reviewed by Silvia Rothlisberger in issue: May/2024
Songs of My Land
A classical soprano with a decades-long career in early music, Chiyomi Yamada moved back to her native Japan in 2022,...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2024
Sun Without the Heat
New Orleans-based Leyla McCalla is known for making moving, socially conscious music that takes in all her various influences, from...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: May/2024
Flexūs
This album was apparently inspired by labyrinths, whether ‘imagined… astronomical… constructed… danced [or] natural …. and especially the mineral labyrinth...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2024
Acoustic
Along with Alpha Blondy and the late Lucky Dube, Ivory Coast’s Tiken Jah Fakoly is part of a righteous trinity...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2024
Mirantes Emocionais
Melo, a young Brazilian composer, guitarist and singer, with his band O Ministério da Consciência, presents his take on not...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2024
Live
A veteran of Mali’s oldest dance orchestra Super Biton de Ségou, Mama Sissoko became the band’s guitarist in 1972. When...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2024
Diamond Days
Diamond Days may be his first solo album in four years but Brooks Williams is no slouch. Since 2020’s Work...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2024
(In search of) New Flemish Masters
Abdulrasol is a brave and intriguing musician. A multi-instrumentalist born in Iraq and now based in Belgium, he plays an...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2024
