Reviews
La Confusion
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
Straight Allons
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
Ephemera
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
¿Dónde Estás María?
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
Ma De Re Sha
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
Long Road to Tiznit
Blues guitarist and serial collaborator Ramon Goose, most recently heard with the West African Blues Project, is back with a...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2017
Abatwa (The Pygmy): Why Did We Stop Growing Tall?
Following recordings made in Vietnam, Cambodia and Mali, the fourth album in Ian Brennan's Hidden Musics series finds the indefatigable...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2017
Villa-Lobos Superstar
When the members of Pau Brasil stepped onto their road to becoming a crucial band in Brazil's contemporary instrumental music...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2017
On Love and Science
Zulya and the Children of the Underground
Zulya Kamalova, an Australian singer and exponent of Tatar and Russian music, and her band of maestros have teamed up...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2017
Musical Explorers: Krishna in Spring
This two-disc set features a compilation from the archive of music explorer Deben Bhattacharya (1921-2001), who travelled and made field...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2017
