Reviews
Artisena
Joachim Mencel, a Polish pianist and composer, has created a cycle of eight jazz compositions inspired by traditional Polish folk...
Reviewed by Agnieszka Ujma in issue: May/2019
Amankor/The Exile
This exiled Touareg ensemble from Mali's Timbuktu region have been active for nearly three decades, led by singer Fadimata Walet...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2019
Cumbias Internacionales
Tita Duval y El Nuevo Ritmo de Bobby Rey
This reissue from Vampisoul is a star-studded album, headed up by the Argentinian couple Roberto Rey and Tita Duval. Duval...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2019
Grad Gori!
For some years singer Brina Vogelnik has headed one of Slovenia's most popular neo-folk bands, Brina, mixing folklore with a...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2019
Òran Bagraidh
This is a piece of musical archaeology. It feels like you are hearing sounds and words from the distant past....
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2019
Sentimento Popolare
Camilla Barbarito's musical journey is a rich and meandering one: as a young girl she spent time in Mali, and...
Reviewed by Megan Iacobini de fazio in issue: April/2019
Jazz Batá 2
As a master of Cuban piano, any new release by Chucho Valdés is sure to spark excitement among Latin music...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2019
Un Autre Blanc
This is hailed as the veteran Malian singer's final album: at nearly 70, Keita is ‘retiring.’ Certainly, Un Autre Blanc...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2019
Bachata Haiti
While Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the same island they are divided – the French colonised Haiti while the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2019
Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
This record comes in the wake of a historic tour in which the Tibetan monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery...
Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: April/2019
