Reviews
Taling Dimalu: Beautiful Tales
Kora player Kadialy Kouyaté has woven a stellar reputation since arriving in London from Casamance, southern Senegal in 2003. Born...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2019
Kodu
Leana & Hartwin are a folk duo based on Saaremaa, an Estonian island in the Baltic Sea.Leana Vapper-Dhoore was born...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: November/2019
Palaver
Ebo Taylor Jnr with Wuta Wazutu
One of the most satisfying rediscoveries of the crate-digging phenomenon of recent years has been Ebo Taylor, the veteran Ghanaian...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2019
Samia Malik Live at Norwich Arts Centre
Samia Malik, who is also a visual artist, writes and performs songs in the traditional ghazal (rhyming couplets) format and...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2019
Battlefield Dance Floor
This 18th studio album from Devon favourites Show of Hands treads territory their loyal fans know so well – a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2019
Kosher Style
This is a splendid celebration of brash, Brooklyn, big-band klezmer revelling in the retro flavour of the style. Many of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2019
The Warrior Women of Afro-Peruvian Music
Working this time in Lima, Peru, this album from the Just Play project – accompanied by a webisode for each...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: November/2019
The Exorcism of a Spinster
This is the confident debut solo album by this Zimbabwean mbira (thumb piano) player and singer, who may be familiar...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: November/2019
Benedicte Maurseth
Benedicte Maurseth is a pre-eminent player of the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle. Unlike the conventional violin, a Hardanger fiddle has four...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: November/2019
