Reviews
The Dancing Devils of Djibouti
World music has woken up to the wondrous delights of Somali music over the past few years through reissues of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Cubangla
Acclaimed groovesters Lokkhi Terra continue their creative roll, returning to their Bangla-Afro-Latin jazz roots after a wildly successful collaboration with...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Heart's Ease
In 2016, one of the more remarkable musical comebacks came with the release of Lodestar, Shirley Collins’ first recordings for...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Reach
A debut album for the ages from Cardiff-based collective Afro Cluster, whose mission to ‘address the struggles facing individuals and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Dounya
Gnawa Youmala are a multinational and multigenerational Paris-based six-piece, and with this debut, they reshape Moroccan Gnawa music with their...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Live at the Sydney Opera House
The oud is normally rather a modest instrument, so an oud concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Keleketla!
Born out of an encounter between Ruth Daniel of the charity In Place of War and Johannesburg's Keleketla! Library in-house...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The King of Sudanese Jazz
The 13th release from Habibi Funk comes from the golden age of Sudanese music. It's by Sharhabil Ahmed, the actual...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Earth with her Crowns
Laura Cannell is an improvising musician who plays violin, often overbowing, a technique that allows her to sound all four...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
