Reviews
Banjul-London
Originally from the Gambia, but resident in London since 2002, Jally Kebba Susso is a kora player but he's not...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
A Pocket of Wind Resistance
Karine Polwart with Pippa Murphy
From the first note to the final, pulsing heartbeat, this is not merely an album of songs but a full...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Bone Reader
Washington DC isn't an obvious place to look for Afrobeat. Yet in the land of suits and carpeted corridors, Chopteeth...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Escapology
As a bansuri (flute) rises from a bed of flamenco guitar on album opener ‘Escapology’, any listeners who last heard...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Echo in the Valley
Although they've been married since 2009, Béla Fleck, the world's premier banjo player, and clawhammer banjo player and singer Abigail...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Wiejski Dżez
The Malisz family hail from Męcina Mała, a small village in the foothills of the Carpathian mountains near the Slovakian...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
The Rough Guide to Acoustic India
Every track on this CD deserves to be played on repeat until they are all etched, beat for beat, into...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Three Letters from Sarajevo
In a career spanning more than three decades, Goran Bregović has gone from Yugoslavian rock star to populariser of brassy...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
