Reviews
My Fairy Tales
Nneka made waves nearly seven years ago with her glorious hit single ‘Heartbeat’. However, her latest album is surprisingly flat....
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2015
Barretto-Power
The late great conguero, vocalist and bandleader Ray Barretto was the first US-born percussionist to bring the African-based conga drum...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2021
African Pearls: Senegal – Echo Musical
This collection of largely unknown tracks from Senegambia in the 1970s offers some unexpected musical treats, showcasing as it does...
Reviewed by Jenny Cathcart in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Obabes beMbube
The five Zimbabwean female singers who make up the a capella group Nobuntu deliver an uplifting and playful listening experience...
Reviewed by Franki Clemens in issue: April/2019
3
There's no sign of The Gloaming losing that special touch on their third studio album, which opens with an intense...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2019
Ääneni Yli Vesien
Finnish folk music is undergoing another exciting resurgence with many young bands finding new and inventive ways of celebrating traditions....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2018
Beard Town
Even shorn of the street theatre, storytelling and occasional acrobatics of their stage shows, the Balkan-flavoured reckless abandon of the...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2016
Quatro: The Definitive Collection
Four discs from Tito Puente’s time with RCA in the 50s, a bonus disc of outtakes and unreleased tracks, digital...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2013
Belem & the MeKanics
Belem are a duo, consisting of diatonic accordionist Didier Laloy and cellist Kathy Adam. Laloy met Walter Hus, who provides...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton
This wonderful recording of Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton performing in New York in 1962 begins with a short, sweet...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2020
