Bobby Osborne's latest album is an engaging compendium of tunes by some of Memphis' finest songwriters, from the 86-year-old high-lonesome...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2017
The Bengali poet Lalon Shah, popularly known as Moner Manush (Man of the Heart), is the most celebrated of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2017
Onom Agemo & the Disco Jumpers
Any album from a band with a name this bizarre is sure to be eclectic and Liquid Love is just...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2017
One of my enduring WOMAD memories is of a cold, wet, muddy night in 2007 when the seven-piece Finnish band...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2017
The ninth studio album from the blind Malian duo opens with ‘Bofou Safou’, a disco-fied electro-pop excursion that you'd be...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2017
Kyle Huval & the Dixie Club Ramblers
Kyle Huval is a 20-something Cajun accordionist from Eunice, Louisiana. Straight Allons is his second album and proves as refreshing...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2017
All four musicians of Lingua Franca are graduates of the Rotterdam Conservatoire (CODARTS) and two are now teachers there, specialising...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2017
When describing the music of Meridian Brothers, the Brazilian tropicália legend Tom Zé is a name that crops up a...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2017
It would be easy to lump Rahul Mukerji's fusion guitar music in with the tradition of John McLaughlin, but nothing...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: November/2017
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