Reviews
Kkismettin
This was always going to be interesting, Cypriot composer and performer Antonis Antoniou is well-known from the amazing groups Trio...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2021
The Art of the Portuguese Fado Guitar
Custódio Castelo is one of today's finest players of the 12-stringed Portuguese guitar. He is perhaps best known as the...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: July/2011
Ghalia Benali sings Oum Kalthoum
A subtle sifting through the Kalthoum songbook. Raised in Tunisia but now living in Brussels, Ghalia Benali has explored many...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: October/2010
Future Sounds of Buenos Aires
It been several years – six, in fact – since ZZK Records first started to whip the cool kids into...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Tidings
Tidings opens with ‘Two Magicians’, a traditional song in which a woman, to escape the sexual advances of a blacksmith,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Leila
The competition is getting tough out in the Saharan desert, but singer Leila Gobi fares well with her eponymous third...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2015
London is the Place for Me: The Music of Young Black London, 5 & 6
This double-CD release follows three engaging, high-quality compilations of Caribbean and African music in 50s Britain from the specialist label...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: July/2013
Terraforming in Analogue Space: IRL Remixes 2000-2015
This double album compilation curated by Nick ‘Dubulah’ Page celebrates the 100th release of IRL Records. It is a masterclass...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: April/2017
The Natural Selection Australian Songbook
Australia has a long tradition of bush bands: Ned Kelly-a-likes playing tunes from the Aussie folk songbook, an Irish-and-Scottish fuelled...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Five Classic Albums
The year-long celebrations for what would have been Bob Marley's 70th birthday have seen a steady stream of activity, crowned...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
