Reviews
A Mãe
Rodrigo Leão & Cinema Ensemble
Since his days with Madredeus, it has been difficult to fit Rodrigo Leão’s music into any particular category. Whilst remaining...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2010
Poetry and Music of Ashiqs
After several CDs of mugham, Felmay's excellent series of Azerbaijani music turns to the country's other traditional form – the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Bi Cinnete Bakar
While it is true that young people in Turkey are getting clued in on 70s Anatolian psych through international acts...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: June/2022
Akalaka/The Power
Victor Chukwu/Uncle Victor Chuks
This release marks the reissue of two LPs from the comparatively little-known Nigerian highlife musician Victor Chukwu. They originate from...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2020
Air Chall :Lost
A founder member of Dóchas, Rachel Walker is superbly backed up here by a core band comprising Jenna Reid, Kathleen...
Reviewed by Debbie Koritsas in issue: July/2010
Séga Ravanne
This is the latest re-release from Ocora's extensive catalogue of field recordings from around the world, stretching back 60 years....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2017
Curiche
In the past ten years Afrobeat has spread across Latin America, new disciples discovering the genre through the internet and...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2020
Face to Face
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection
The velvet-voiced Sotho folk singer Vusi Mahlasela met the Swedish jazz/soul collective Jive Connection in the early 1990s in an...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023
Sonic Migration
The Subsonic Trio brings together musicians from Brazil, Finland and Australia – no longer such a surprise in our globalised...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2017
