Reviews
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
Reggae Dancer
There’s a long and proud tradition of Australian Aboriginal rock-reggae groups, from both remote desert regions and urban cities, that...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2022
The North Star Grassman and The Ravens
The classic status of Sandy Denny's first solo album is assured, and the recent archival activity surrounding her career –...
Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Guy Buttery
In the same way that Antoni Gaudí's buildings were guided by nature, Guy Buttery draws his musical inspiration from the...
Reviewed by Franki Black in issue: July/2016
