Reviews
Sambol Amore Migrante
If the tale that inspired this arresting album had been filmed by Federico Fellini, this would be its soundtrack. It's...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2020
Hidden People
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Hidden People is a neat title for Kathryn Roberts and her husband Sean Lakeman’s debut album. Both were well-known before...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Global Grove
Born in Papua New Guinea, with Aboriginal ancestry from the Djaberadjabera people of western Australia, Adrian Fabila Tjupurrula (aka Tjupurru)...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2015
In Sciô Ton
One of Italy's many musical treasures, trallalero is an urban group-harmony singing from Genoa, organised around at least eight singers...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Synthetic Hearts
Asanda Lusaseni Mvana, better known by her performing name Msaki, won Female Artist of the Year at the South African...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2023
I've Forgotten Now Who I Used to Be
The producer Ian Brennan has for some years been on a mission to give a platform to the voices of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2021
Africa Today
Hailed by Seun Kuti as ‘one of the best things to come out of Lagos,’ the trumpeter and composer Etuk...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
Dawn Chorus
The solo studio project of multi-instrumentalist composer and producer Joe Acheson, Dawn Chorus is by turns lyrical, expansive, indulgent and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2017
Stone Horse
Former Killing Joke bassist Youth launches his new global beats label Suriya Recordings in fine style with Indotranceltic's satisfyingly uncategorisable...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Down in Washington Square
A seminal figure in the American folk renaissance of the late 1950s and early 60s, Dave Van Ronk was a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2014
