Reviews
Burkina Hakili
The West African nation of Burkina Faso has 60 different ethnic groups; in a strong career that includes three albums...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2021
Tembo Kia Ngoma
This is an instrumental album of Congolese and Central African percussion rhythms performed by a musician based in the San...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2021
Nouara
Although this is only his second album, Kamel El Harrachi is a well-known performer of chaabi, the Algerian popular music...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: June/2021
Luci e Guai
Raised in Lyon with the tunes his Sicilian grandmother sang to him, Julien Lesuisse set out in search of his...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: June/2021
Yaral Sa Doom
In 2018 Karl Jonas Winqvist, self-styled ‘musical archaeologist’ and founding member of the Swedish band First Floor Power, travelled to...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: June/2021
Roots of Strings: A Musical Journey with the Arabic Oud
It's a dark irony that the protracted suffering of the Syrian conflict has given Western audiences unprecedented opportunities to hear...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2021
Zarb-e Osul
After having begun learning tombak (goblet drum) in Iran at the age of ten, Tabassian's rhythmic journey would later begin...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2021
Piazzolla 2021
French prodigy Louise Jallu took an interest in tango when she was five and has been playing virtuoso bandoneón since...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2021
Otherlands:ONE
American fiddler Casey Driessen spent nine months travelling the world, meeting, listening and playing with local musicians until COVID-19 eventually...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2021
