Swiss-Albanian singer Elina Duni's work until now has been with a jazz group, but her new offering is an entirely...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Sudaka is a racial slur for ‘South American,’ used as often ironically as pejoratively. With this album of upbeat, cumbia-influenced...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
A first release from the vaults of the label Disques, this French Caribbean selection encapsulates the riveting cross-pollination of island...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
One day they'll build a statue to honour Brahim El Mazned. The discreet producer has forged a 30-year career devoted...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Solju is the name of a new project from the Finnish Sámi joiker Ulla Pirttijärvi and her daughter, Hilda Länsman....
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Javid Afsari Rad was the virtuoso santur player of the renowned group Zarbang and, while this is essentially a solo...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
The 2017 death of Aboriginal musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu at the age of 46 was a loss felt not only...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
The Jenkins family are heavyweights of the Welsh folk scene, and this partnership is akin to the mother and daughter...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
When Masekela arrived in New York in the early 1960s, his fellow trumpeter Miles Davis took the exile to one...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
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