Reviews
Maghera Pony
This disc is a bit of an oddity, but is none the worse for it. Matthew Noone is an Australian-born...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Le Monde est Chaud
The Ivory Coast's Moussa Doumbia has been singing reggae under the name Tiken Jah Fakoly for more than 25 years....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Two
The attractive mix of traditional Scots and Irish tunes and songs makes up the body of Crawford and Palm's new...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Baluchistan: The Instrumental Tradition
Ocora has released many fine recordings of lesser-known musical traditions and this album, featuring the instrumental tradition of Balochistan, is...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
The Lost Words: Spell Songs
Spell Songs made its stage debut earlier this year, its music sprung from the ‘spell songs’ of nature writer Robert...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Egoli
All aboard Damon Albarn's exhilarating Africa Express again, this time bound for Johannesburg. Albarn travelled to South Africa last year...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Atlantic Oscillations
It often seems Will Holland takes delight in confounding his audience. Just take his last three albums as Quantic: a...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Alter Ethno
Bulgarian fusion band Oratnitza are of a generation that grew up not only familiar with local folk music, but who...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
