Reviews
Into the Dark
Swelling unison riffs, ringing drones and lattice-work accompaniment: Into the Dark is a celebration of American string playing par excellence....
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2014
Eva
An Algarve-born singer of Cape Verdean extraction and a founding member of the MTV award-winning group Nu Soul Family, Dino...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2014
In Memory of Ethiopia’s Greatest Azmari
Chalachew Ashenafi & Ilita Band
After the success of the Netherlands’ band The Ex’s collaboration with Getatchew Mekuria, Terrie Hessel, the band’s guitarist, has issued...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2014
Makan
Driss El Maloumi’s previous solo album L’Âme Dansée showed him to be one of the most promising oud (lute) players...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2014
Meeting of the Legends
These are two immensely talented musicians, each highly regarded in their own fields, and it really shows in the playing...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2014
Through the Eyes of the Sun
Bulgarian singer Gergana Dimitrova will be familiar to many as a member of the women’s vocal ensemble, the Eva Quartet....
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2014
Captain Rugged
Captain Rugged purports to be the sound of a man on a mission, with Nigerian Afro-rock musician Keziah Jones adopting...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2014
Adibar
It’s odd now to recall that initial responses in the West to Ali Farka Toure’s Songhai guitar music – 25...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: March/2014
4 Elementos
With collaborative credits ranging from Gato Barbieri to Talking Heads and a wealth of soundtracks under his belt, Naná Vasconcelos...
Reviewed by BrendÜN Griffin in issue: March/2014
Horns of Freedom
It’s hard to think of a time when Afrobeat was so in vogue. New Fela Kuti reissues are a monthly...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2014
