Reviews
Umculo Umuthi
With lead singer Buyisiwe Njoko armed with shakers, whistles and the proclamatory vuvuzela, and an album title translating as ‘Music...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2021
The Bariba Sound
There have been some great music reissues from Benin in recent years – particularly the compilations African Scream Contest and...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2012
Amidst Fiery Skies
This is the second album from the Cambridge-based five-piece who blend Americana with English folk music. Here on Amidst Fiery...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2015
Rags & Robes
Twenty four-year-old Scottish folk singer Ewan McLennan's star is very much on the rise. In February, he won the Horizon...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2011
Avante Delírio
Born in Belém, raised in Fortaleza, based in São Paulo, Saulo Duarte claims to be an exponent of country-style guitar...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2019
From Kolkata
For an album with so much variation between and within tracks, the overall cohesion Tita Nzebi achieves in this release...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: November/2019
Road to the North
Graham Mackenzie (fiddle), David Shedden (pipes/whistle), and Innes White (guitar/mandolin) have performed together as a trio for some years, but...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2018
Cold Like Stones
Ecuadorean-born Coca Tenorio has a powerful, plangent voice. Settling in the Highlands of Scotland, she's imbibed that country's liking for...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2017
Pasado en Claro
This album is credited to double bass player Anders Jormin, and indeed seven of the 11 compositions are his. Yet...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2023
Action! and Intensified
Desmond Dekker brought Jamaican music into the international pop charts – first with ‘007 (Shanty Town)’ in 1967 then in...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2018
