Reviews
Regions
The brains behind Ellis Island Sound (Pete Astor and David Sheppard) are those of musical veterans; they have been collaborating...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: June/2014
Africa Express Presents… Terry Riley's in C Mali
Half a century ago, the American minimalist composer Terry Riley gave the world premiere of his composition In C, an...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2015
Chambacú
Colombian singer Aurita Castillo was just six or seven years old when she recorded two albums for Discos Fuentes in...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2022
Corazón de Piel Afuera
Since 1964's Madrugada, Juan ‘Tata’ Cedrón, at the head of assorted line-ups, has been performing a kind of free-form River...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Mayday
In the middle of this excellent album two songs exemplify its sophistication. In ‘The Factory Girl’, a woman rejects the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Finno-Balkan Voices
Eight female vocalists – four Finnish, and four Bulgarian – meet here in a collaboration that stems from a course...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2015
Makgona Tsohle Reggi
The resurrection of Makgona Tsohle Reggi – recorded in 1970 – reconnects modern listeners to an experimental fusion of mbaqanga,...
Reviewed by Franki Clemens in issue: April/2021
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An Anthology (1857-1912)
This is a cross¬section of the legacy of Egyptian singer Abd Al-Hayy Hilmi, whose final years of life coincided with...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
