Reviews
Viento y Marea
Jazz and flamenco are niche genres that have had towering peaks yet are currently in troughs in terms of both...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2014
Wild Kingdom
Anyone who isn't able to catch the Texan trio on their UK tour this November can console themselves with this,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2019
Soprem Bons Ventos
Pedro Ricardo, Portuguese multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer, explains that his debut album represents “an ode to the past, to those...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2023
Let Love Rule
Listening to veteran Aboriginal singer-songwriter Archie Roach's tenth album is a tender and touching experience. The title-track opens with the...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017
Joa
Coco Mbassi is a versatile and highly accomplished Paris-based female singer from Cameroon. She has recorded and performed live as...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2015
Frente Cumbiero meets Mad Professor
Frente Cumbiero meets Mad Professor
Guyana-born dub master Mad Professor certainly gets around. The list of international collaborators he has worked with is pretty exhaustive,...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2012
With Love
The self-styled ‘King of klezmer clarinet’ is back with an album that sees him and his band drawn as Marvel...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2011
Glsah Sanaanea with Shiran
Albums of music from Yemen emerge rarely in the West; albums of Yemeni women singers are rarer still and we...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
