Reviews
Tabansi Sampler
The melting-pot music scene of 70s and 80s Nigeria bursts forth from this compilation, a showcase for the back catalogue...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2019
For Him and Her
Amira Medunjanin made an immediate impact internationally with her debut album Rosa in 2004 with Mostar Sevdah Reunion (a Top...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2020
Zaire 74: The African Artists
The ‘Rumble in the Jungle,’ as the 1974 Heavyweight Championship boxing bout between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman was known,...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2017
Unexpected Guests
The title-track of Unexpected Guests lives up to the billing. Bagpiper Craig Downie blares dramatically over a boisterous tabla beat....
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2021
Mozafar Shafii & the Râst Ensemble
Mozafar Shafii & the Râast Ensemble
Iranian singer Mozafar Shafii was an early student of the well-known Mohammed Reza Shajarian. So Shafii is senior to the...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Mi Voz
Turkish singer Elif Sanchez’s 2021 debut featured jazzy settings of Turkish and Azerbaijani folk songs, with one song in Spanish...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2022
Nueva Antología
Originally released two decades ago, this dazzling double album was, for many, the introduction to Compay Segundo immediately prior to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2018
Viimane Suusataja
Estonian duo Puuluup were absolutely one of the highlights of the last Tallinn Music Week I attended in 2019. Ramo...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2022
Josef Josef
Eric Slabiak, the driving force behind Josef Josef, was for many years part of Les Yeux Noirs alongside his brother...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: March/2020
