Reviews
New Sound of the Middle East
The album title certainly makes a brave claim, but in many ways the music lives up to it, for Hagai...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2023
Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and Gambia
It has long been recognised that the banjo's history can be traced back to West Africa, though until recently it...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: April/2023
Passarinho
The Brazilian cultural archetype, the Passarinho or ‘Little Bird,’ serves as a harbinger of environmental disaster on this singer-songwriter's second...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2023
Li Pedi
Nisia Trio's Li Pedi is an album for the ears as well as for the feet. Dancing their way from...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: April/2023
Migrants
Lúcio is a seminal character in Cape Verdean culture, a singer, composer, poet, novelist, playwright, painter and politician who spent...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023
Nara
Senem Diyici has a long career making music, having started recording her songs in 1969, before going on to develop...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: April/2023
Bomoko
This is the second recording from the London-based Congolese/Latin outfit who have been delighting audiences with their lively performances. Grupo...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2023
Try Paradise
It's hard to tell who or what the wellspring of this album is, and, I might be wrong, but on...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2023
Voyageur
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté | Ali Farka Touré
A new album of nine unheard studio cuts from the Malian legend comes 17 years after his death, but slip...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2023
Cormorant
Accordionist Nat Brookes lives on a narrowboat, so has watched many a cormorant and noticed that there's no knowing, when...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2023
