Reviews
The Empress
Siblings Shannon, Solon and Jeremiah McDade have been steeped in folk music from childhood, playing in a family band with...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: December/2021
Reconnect
Sonia Aimy sings, in her silky, melodious tones, ‘salaam alaikum.’ Set to gentle, chugging Afrobeat, the traditional Muslim greeting is...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2021
The Music of Ancient Rome
A glance at the cover and a read through the story behind this release, with its tales of research into...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2021
One Morning in Gurgaon
Guy Buttery, Mohd Amjad Khan & Mudassir Khan
When the South African guitarist Guy Buttery embarked on a tour of India in 2019 as part of a trio...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2021
Songs Inspired by the Film The Beatles and India
Here are two discs to accompany the new documentary film on the highly influential period when The Beatles visited India...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2021
More Notes from the Field
The Devon-based duo have been together – in the gaps between their burgeoning solo careers – since 2014, with an...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2021
A Touma
Little more than six months ago, Ballaké Sissoko released Djourou, a kora album of glorious hybridity, rooted in ancient griot...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2021
Set Me Free
Dwayne Dopsie is the son of the late Rockin’ Dopsie, a Louisiana Creole accordionist who, via recording several albums for...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2021
Little Universe
Only one year after their acclaimed 2020 release Songs Beyond Words, Taiwan-based group A Moving Sound return with another eclectic...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: December/2021
The Magnolia Sessions
Each month from September 2020 until May 2021, the first season of The Magnolia Sessions delivered a new session recorded...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2021
