Reviews
Partir
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
Almas Rebeldes
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
Disques Debs International: An Island Story - Biguine, Afro Latin & Musique Antillaise 1960-1972
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
Aïta: Chikhates & Chioukhs of the Aïta
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
Ođđa áigodat
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
Lalehzar
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
Djarimirri: Child of the Rainbow
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
Llinyn Arian
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
66-76
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
