Reviews
River of Happy Souls
Bapi Das Baul is son of Purna Das Baul and grandson of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul who became friendly with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2021
Char Taal and a Raga Rainbow
These days North India is far from the only place you can find examples of the Hindustani music associated with...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2021
Wolo So
Five years in the making, this debut album by the Balimaya Project (balimaya meaning ‘Essence of Kinship’ in the Maninka...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: October/2021
Cissoko Heritage
Born in the Casamance region of southern Senegal, Maher Cissoko’s claim to be the 73rd generation of a griot family...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2021
Trujillo, Perú 1971-1974
Somewhere along the way cumbia has become the term used to describe Latin America’s golden age of tropical, danceable music,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2021
Ástor 2020, La Historia Continúa
This year marks 100 years since Astor Piazzolla’s birth in Mar del Plata, Argentina. This album is a timely homage...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2021
Borrowed Time
Appalachian banjo and fiddle player, bilingual singer-songwriter and activist à la Pete Seeger, Joe Troop calls this his ‘dream album.’...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2021
Monastir
There is quite some story and a lot of work behind this album. American-born Sarah Aroeste comes from a Sephardic...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2021
