Reviews
Music in Exile
First heard via various Africa Express projects in the West, including the album Maison des Jeunes, the four-piece Songhoy Blues...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2015
Convoque Seu Buda
Since the release of his last album, Nó Na Orelha, Criolo has arguably become the most important new artist in...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2015
Live in Nashville
This is a live recording of a 2013 concert on Lakha Khan's debut American tour, given in a Presbyterian church...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2015
Världen kom Tillbaka
This delicate, tinkling debut steals in like fine hoar frost, its Swedish title speaking of the desire to reconnect with...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2015
Ethiocolor
Ethiocolor is a new project exploring cultural traditions from across Ethiopia, and the sounds of its northern azmari culture in...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2015
Maldivian Traditional Music From V Keyodhoo
The remote nature of the Maldives and its Indian Ocean islands has meant that, over the centuries, its inhabitants have...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: March/2015
Caboclo
As a high-profile singer-songwriter with his own TV show, the French-born, Brazil-raised Pierre Aderne would seem to be living proof...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2015
Many Languages: One Soul
Five skilled clarinettists from across the Balkan peninsula have been convened by two clarinettist/composers from Germany, under the auspices of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2015
