Reviews
Kali City
Karim Baggili is a Belgian-born composer, guitarist and oud (Arab lute) player of Jordanian/Yugoslavian heritage, which means that he has...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2014
Ongod
Mongolian khöömei (overtone) singer Ganzorig Nergui and morin huur (horse head fiddle) player Ganbold Muukhaï are the two remaining members...
Reviewed by Michel Ormiston in issue: Apr/May/2014
Tangos
Rubén Blades is good at lots of things: singing, acting, writing salsa hits, being Panama's tourism minister, campaigning (against Sun...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
UNITE: A Gathering of Strangers
Hamid Man Tu and Tim Whelan of Transglobal Underground have fashioned an ambitious pan-European project around the banner of UNITE...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2010
L’immortel – The 60's Rumba Revolution in Congo
Despite being one of the most instrumental musicians in the rumba revolution that took place across the two Congos during...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: October/2023
Palaver
Ebo Taylor | Ebo Taylor Jnr with Wuta Wazutu
One of the most satisfying rediscoveries of the crate-digging phenomenon of recent years has been Ebo Taylor, the veteran Ghanaian...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2019
Parasol Peak
Since popularising the hang drum – a melodic percussion instrument, and cousin to the steel pan – at the turn...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2018
Rearrange My Heart
Little wonder that the celebrated American roots banjo player Béla Fleck was so taken with this pan-American quartet that he...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2020
Calypsos, Boogies, Rockers, Ballads & Bluebeat: The Rise of Black Music in Britain
There has been a surge of interest over recent years in the roots of black music in Britain. The London...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Silêncio
It’s not very clear what Claudia Aurora’s trying to do here. But whatever it is, it doesn’t seem to work....
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2012
