Reviews
Psychedelic Train: Expanded Edition
Derrick Harriott & The Crystalites
Derrick Harriott is a major figure in Jamaican music, his career as a producer, songwriter, label owner and singer having...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Cubafrobeat
Lokkhi Terra meets Dele Sosimi
Lokkhi Terra are one of London's most authentic groups. They are a Latin-flavoured collective whose keyboard player and bandleader Kishon...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2018
Here & There
Folk guitar virtuoso and music professor Dimitris Mystakidis started playing professionally as a 16-year-old in Thessaloniki, inspired by his mother's...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Les Objets Trouvés
Scottish singer and fiddler Kate Young is an increasingly familiar figure. She was part of the award-winning Songs of Separation...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: August/2017
Music Without Borders
It's been nearly 20 years since the release of the groundbreaking album From Senegal to Setesdal, the outstanding and legendary...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2018
Magnetismo
If ever Pedro Almodóvar wanted a new muse, he need look no further than La Yegros, the kooky queen of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2016
Bahriye Çiftetellisi
Cüneyt Sepetçi & Orchestra Dolapdere
Orchestra Dolapdere, named after the quarter of Beyoğlu from which the musicians come, includes some top players – Veysel Imeci...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2013
Ástor 2020, La Historia Continúa
This year marks 100 years since Astor Piazzolla’s birth in Mar del Plata, Argentina. This album is a timely homage...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2021
Divinities of the Earth and the Waters
Impish laughter, ethereal percussion and a lone flute open this pan-Slavic album, described – unusually – as the narrative to...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2018
