Reviews
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
Fuego Por Dentro – The Fire Within
A tasteful blend of tradition and innovation, Fuego Por Dentro – The Fire Withinis Finnish singer Anna Murtola's debut that ties together...
Reviewed by Shukri Habib Ali in issue: May/2019
The Rough Guide to Samba
In this latest incarnation of The Rough Guide to Samba, compiler John Armstrong works from a generous definition of Brazil's...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2013
