Reviews
Urranta
Deirdre Graham comes from a musical family on the Isle of Skye. After studying Gaelic song and clarsach at the...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: January/2021
Hunting Eagles Catching Swans
Gao Hong & Friends | Lin Shicheng & Gao Hong
Lin Shicheng (1922-2005), the late master of the Pudong School of pipa playing, was one of the most highly regarded...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: January/2021
Trouble Fête
A collaboration between Belgian/African rapper Badi and producer Boddhi Satva, this politically charged record is for the disenchanted optimist. Composed...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/2021
We Are Many
Soothsayers – essentially, the duo of trumpeter Robin Hopcraft and saxophonist Idris Rahman working with a shifting ensemble of musicians...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: January/2021
The Good Noise
The latest release from Me Lost Me, the musical project of British artist Jayne Dent, is an extraordinarymélange of field...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: January/2021
Osmanity
Like rats jumping a sinking ship, world beat DJs have ditched the Balkans in favour of sounds further afield —...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: January/2021
The Incredible NANÁ
Naná Vasconcelos with Agustín Pereyra Lucena
A de facto solo debut of sorts yet only ever released in Argentina, The Incredible NANÁ dates back to 1971...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: January/2021
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Che Belew (March Forward)
Aficionados of Francis Falceto’s Éthiopiques series will recall Ayalew Mesfin from the extraordinary track ‘Hasabe’ on volume eight: Swinging Addis....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2021
Mare
Why do Germans go to the Mediterranean for their holidays? I know, a controversial question, and liable to prompt talk...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/2021
