Reviews

Mirador

Fierce Flowers

The English-language tracks of this album are fine, and will be thoroughly enjoyed by any fans of Po'Girl or First...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2020

Live in Lesotho

Hugh Masekela & Company

In December 1980 the African businessman Victor Maloi arranged a concert for Masekela and Miriam Makeba in Lesotho, a country...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020

God is a Drummer

Trilok Gurtu

‘Without the drummer, nothing will move. And without movement, the world will stop,’ says Trilok Gurtu, explaining the title of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020

Mielo

Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström

It's hard to get beyond the first track ‘Erämorsian’ (Wildwood Bride). I play it again and again, caught up in...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2020

Through That Sound (My Secret Was Made Known)

Eliza Carthy and Ben Seal

A seagull's head on dancer's legs – not at all disturbing or Hieronymous Bosch-like – is artist Kirsty Whiten's cover...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2020

Nemo

Kadialy Kouyate

Kadialy Kouyate is a Longtime London-based kora player. A maestro of the West African 21-string harp-Lute, he is also a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020

Alo

Ajate

The second album from the Japanese ten-piece Ajate is full of surprises as leader John Imaeda and his group provide...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2020

Say It

Dantchev:Domain

You can imagine a film to go with this album: vast, sweeping landscapes, travellers in the mist, and among these...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2020

Kistvaen

Calan

The title of the fifth album from one of Wales’ most talked about folk bands means ‘Burial Chamber’ and is...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2020

Tombouctou

Al Bilali Soudan

If you Like your desert blues raw and unmediated and think Tinariwen are over-produced, then AL Bilali Soudan is for...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020