Reviews
Trompeteros
Oh, to have lived in Peru in the 70s. Well, perhaps not... what with military dictators, the Ancash quake and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2020
Le Dernier Empereur Bantou
Pierre Kwenders’ first full-length project is an electro-fused delight. Kwenders currently resides in Montreal but has Congolese heritage and his...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2016
Amazones Power
Les Amazones d'Afrique are the pan-African female supergroup that wowed the crowds at WOMAD in 2016, commanding attention with the...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2020
Future Flora
This superb third album from the Belgian-by-way-of-the-Balkans five-piece continues the winning formula of combining Afro-funk with Ethio-jazz and then mixing...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: June/2019
Hemdem
Sinan Cem Eroglu & Muhlis Berberoglu
Hemdem means, literally, ‘breathe together’ and designates in Turkish one's best friend. But since dem also means ‘drone’ it could...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
História do Choro
História do Choro is an ambitious, meticulous and well-executed journey through the history of an iconic Brazilian genre led by...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Intrepid Adventures to the Lost Riddim Islands
Nicky Bomba is one of Australia’s busiest musos. Whether drumming behind his roots guitarist brother-in-law John Butler, fronting the 26-piece...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2012
Single Flame
This is the Derby– born singer’s follow-up to 2011’s Adelphi Has to Fly. Since then, she’s been part of the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2013
We Know Where the Time Goes
Cut and paste is part and parcel of modern culture. What William S Burroughs did with print in the 1950s,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012
