Reviews
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
Back to Sustain
Like a light hike on an easy trail on a sunny spring afternoon, The Pine Hearts' fourth studio album doesn't...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
Aynaabe
The traditional bowed violin of the Senegalese Peul shepherds is called nianiorou or riti. Former shepherd Issa Sow is perhaps...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2020
Dance to the Full Moon
Invisible System is multi-instrumentalist and Frome resident Dan Harper, whose initial reputation was made via his Ethiopian fusion work, a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2020
Mam Yinne Wa
Algote Oho & His Sounds of Joy
Algote Oho is a Frafra gospel singer who cut his musical teeth performing in churches and festivals all over Ghana,...
Reviewed by Tim Clarke-Romain in issue: March/2020
Vayter
Anne Kalmering & Stahlhammer Klezmer Classic
In Vayter, vocalist Anne Kalmering joins Stahlhammer Klezmer Classic, comprised of accordionist Miriam Oldenburg, cellist Isabel Blommé and violinist Semmy...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: March/2020
Hämeen Lauluja
Anne-Mari Kivimäki & Palomylly
This is the fourth release of this Finnish trio of multi-instrumentalists comprised of Anne-Mari Kivimäki on notka (accordion), vocals and...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: March/2020
Antoinette Konan
This 1986 recording predates the coupé-décalé phenomenon and launched a career that saw Antoinette Konan become a popular public figure...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2020
12 Inches of Dub
During the late 1970s, the Jamaican music scene was completely reconfigured when aspiring producer Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes began working with...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: March/2020
Josef Josef
Eric Slabiak, the driving force behind Josef Josef, was for many years part of Les Yeux Noirs alongside his brother...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: March/2020
