Reviews
Ma De Re Sha
It would be easy to lump Rahul Mukerji's fusion guitar music in with the tradition of John McLaughlin, but nothing...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: November/2017
The Linval Tompson Trojan Roots Album Collection
He may not be a huge name in the world of reggae, but Linval Tompson is much more than a...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2020
Endless Path
Mahsa Vahdat & Coskun Karademir
A while ago, the Secret Ensemble from Istanbul invited Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat to make a recording, the critically acclaimed...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: March/2018
Breathbox
I was lucky enough to be at a concert given by the accordionist Antti Paalanen at the Sibelius Academy in...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2011
No Wahala in the Dance!: Adventures in Contemporary Reggae, Dub & Electronics
Independent label No Wahala Sounds emerged five years ago, releasing limited-edition vinyl reissues of little-known African gems. Now the label...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: March/2020
Morning in a New Machine
What does it take to work wonders with small things? Try taking a reverential approach to American folk music, taking...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: May/2016
African Soul Revolutionary
Every slick studio release Baaba Maal puts on the market tends to prompt someone to release some unmixed, live or...
Reviewed by Katharina Lobeck Kane in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Zonnewachter
The second album from Wouter en de Draak (Wouter and the Dragon) is a timely reminder of the beauty of...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: October/2021
Funky Highlife
A 1975 release on the Essiebons label from Ghana, this is an album of occasionally funky but mostly sweet highlife,...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Like a Bolt
Released in 1973, Like a Bolt gathered recordings the great Jamaican singer John Holt had made for Duke Reid's Treasure...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2019
