Reviews

Puja

Dijf Sanders

This is is the follow-up to Sanders' 2018 release, Java. As with that album, this, his third solo effort, features...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: May/2020

Siti of Unguja: Romance Revolution on Zanzibar

Siti Muharam

Siti Muharam is the greatgranddaughter of Siti Binti Saad, the woman who turned taarab from the inaccessible music of the...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020

In a Lifetime

Clannad

Tickets are on sale for Clannad's farewell tour, and to go with it, various weights of a Best Of anthology,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2020

Modiehi

Marumo

A track by the South African quartet Marumo featured on the 2018 compilation album Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Three...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020

buffering juju

dumama + kechou

Self-described as ‘nomadic future folk,’ the sound conjured up by dumama + kechou on their debut manages the delicate feat...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: May/2020

Oficina Itinerante

Jean-Luc Thomas

Jean-Luc Thomas is a Breton flute player who describes himself as ‘musician and traveller’; previous collaborations have brought him together...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: May/2020

Music of the Bai Opera and the Dai Opera in Yunnan Province

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This double CD album is a rare archive of the Bai and Dai music traditions. Both ethnic minorities are from...

Reviewed by Yijia Tu in issue: May/2020

Klingra

Afenginn

In Old Norse afenginn means ‘intoxication and strength’ and it's the name adopted by the musical collective around Danish composer...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2020

AmarElo

Emicida

The release of AmarElo was preceded by a run of singles, each very different to the last, which left me...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2020

Tinn Tout

Danyèl Waro

Danyèl Waro has spent the past 45 years becoming the international ambassador of maloya, the revolutionary roots music of the...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020