Reviews
Rejoice
Two old friends, giants of the African music scene, fuse influences from West and South Africa in this historic, compelling...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2020
Wa
Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler
This really is like no other Middle Eastern recording you are likely to encounter and it is best to say...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: April/2020
Set Sela
In a part of the world where a music scene is starting to make itself heard, Senegal's Guiss Guiss Bou...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: April/2020
Tuareg Music of the Southern Sahara
For younger listeners who take for granted easy access to global music, it's hard to imagine the giddy feeling of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
Revel and Rhyme
This is a serious-minded collection of original ballads in the English folk song tradition. The opener, ‘World Turned Upside Down’,...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2020
Eze-Nri Royal Drummers Vol 1
This is a live recording of an investiture ceremony of an Eze-Nri king. The Nri kingdom of the Igbo people...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2020
Dilyn Afon
Cynefin is the recording name of West Wales trip-hop-and-jazz-player-turned-folk-musician Owen Shiers. The title translates as ‘Following a River’ and takes...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2020
The Servants' Ball
This exuberantly entertaining album came about after double bass player Ben Nicholls, reading about Sussex concertina player Scan Thester, found...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2020
The Rough Guide to Blues Divas
The stereotypical image of the early blues pioneers as black itinerant males playing bottleneck guitar on the plantations of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Luilliamson in issue: April/2020
Igrali se Konji Vrani: Black Horses Romped
The Serbian group of female singers led by Svetlana Spajić is probably the best known and undoubtedly the most prolific...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2020
