Reviews
Cissoko Heritage
Born in the Casamance region of southern Senegal, Maher Cissoko’s claim to be the 73rd generation of a griot family...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2021
Trujillo, Perú 1971-1974
Somewhere along the way cumbia has become the term used to describe Latin America’s golden age of tropical, danceable music,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2021
Ástor 2020, La Historia Continúa
This year marks 100 years since Astor Piazzolla’s birth in Mar del Plata, Argentina. This album is a timely homage...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2021
Borrowed Time
Appalachian banjo and fiddle player, bilingual singer-songwriter and activist à la Pete Seeger, Joe Troop calls this his ‘dream album.’...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2021
Monastir
There is quite some story and a lot of work behind this album. American-born Sarah Aroeste comes from a Sephardic...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2021
Sovereign
Beginning with ‘Halfway Around the World’, this gathering of sidemen to the stars (British art-rocker Brian Auger, Elvis Costello drummer...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2021
Music for Dancing
Since the 90s Apulian/Roma musician and producer Claudio ‘Cavallo’ Giagnotti has worked to innovate the hugely popular pizzica salentina, exploring...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2021
Abantu/Before Humans
Back in 2009 South African indie-rockers-with-roots BLK JKS seemed to be on the verge of international stardom: Dave Grohl called...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2021
Encore
Encore was recorded in 1965 at a live concert in New York and during informal home-recording sessions by producer Peter...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2021
Under the Lilac Sky
Arushi Jain is an Indian-born, classically-trained Hindustani singer. She is also a Brooklyn-based modular synthesizer enthusiast. Using these two powerful...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2021
