Reviews
Toubalbero
After a trio of exquisitely textured all-acoustic albums for the Chicago-based indie label Thrill Jockey, the 59-year-old Malian singer and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
Musical Explorers: Music of Tibet
This re-release of archive recordings is a welcome addition to the many Tibetan musical releases recorded in exile since the...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2018
Koum Tara: Chaâbi, Jazz and Strings
Disregard the rather bland title: this album is a luminous jewel. It's an uncommon mixture, to say the least, based...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2018
Alerta Canibal
Founders of Spain's mestizo movement, fusing salsa, rock, ska, funk, cumbia and the rhythms of Afrobeat with the attitude of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
Dilhayat Kalfa: Eserleri Classics
As well as being a composer of distinction and an instrumentalist in the Ottoman court at the beginning of the...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: May/2018
Black Times
With Femi Kuti's musical output slowing in recent times, his younger brother Seun's passion continues to burn bright as he...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: May/2018
Volo Hazo
Three guitarists from three different generations, all from Madagascar, have produced an album that could quite easily sit on an...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2018
The Morning Tempest
Having recently picked up Radio 2's Young Folk Award, Josie Duncan and Pablo Lafuente have released their debut album, and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2018
Sròmos
Piper and flute player with popular Scottish band Breabach, James Duncan Mackenzie comes from Back on the Isle of Lewis...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2018
Music Without Borders
It's been nearly 20 years since the release of the groundbreaking album From Senegal to Setesdal, the outstanding and legendary...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2018
