Reviews
Wolves of Africa (Part 1/2)
This debut album from established hip-hop producer and performer James BKS is the culmination of a musical journey starting in...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: October/2022
Grace
The Soweto Gospel Choir has won Grammy awards for its last two albums, so you can’t blame them for tailoring...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2010
Persiennes d’Iran
I’m often frustrated by the many talented female Iranian musicians, particularly instrumentalists, who don’t get the exposure and recognition they...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: January/2021
Homenaje a El Carmen
Los Hermanos Ballumbrosio are a family music group from El Carmen in Chincha, a cotton-producing province around 200km south of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2022
Bled Memory
I often wish reviewers would appraise albums on the basis of what they actually are rather than what they want...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: June/2010
For the Culture
Alborosie | Alborosie & King Jammy
After leading the Bergamo-based Reggae National Tickets during the late 1990s, Sicilian-born singer Alberto D’Ascola moved to Jamaica to launch...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: October/2021
Beyond Destruction
This album has an impressive cast list. To name but three: Iraqi vocalist, and composer Aida Nadeem, Tunisian oud player...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2013
At Peace
Like Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko is kora royalty. Around the same age, they are both sons of Malian griot kora...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2013
Casita de Campo
Jose Manuel Cobles, aka Puerto Plata, is an 83–year–old legend from the Dominican Republic who draws on song styles from...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Rangarang: Pre– Revolutionary Iranian Pop
Travelling amongst Balkan musicians I would often ask what their influences were. More often than not, at the top of...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2012
