Reviews
Film of Life
The man who Brian Eno has dubbed the finest drummer on the planet has made a string of intriguing albums...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Supreme Talent Show
Upon listening to this album, it is clear that MC Waraba and Mélèké Tchatcho deserve the confidence their album title...
Reviewed by Brian Taylor in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Sins We Made
The second outing from Canadian duo Harrow Fair – Miranda Mulholland (from Great Lake Swimmers) and Andrew Penner (musician and...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Null
Null is an ‘electro Persian album inspired by electronic music, Persian traditional music and poetry’, as Toronto-based setar (lute) player...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Apr/May/2013
Dža Dža Dzum
Back in the 1980s, the writer Malcolm Bradbury wrote Rates of Exchange, an eye-wateringly funny novel set in a fictitious...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2017
Aquarius
Antonio Carlos Jobim once called Joyce one of the greatest singers of all time – praise that the ageless Brazilian...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010
Fototse Racines Roots
Claude Teta comes from a family of musical brothers who play tsapiky music for ceremonies and weddings. They live in...
Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: June/2012
The Red Stoep
In South Africa, a stoep is a veranda of a house and any gathering on it creates an instant space...
Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: November/2021
Sones Jarochos y Huastecos y Más
Everybody knows at least one son jarocho, even if they don’t realise it, and chances are they heard it while...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2018
Ipê
This is the second release from the Paris-based trio comprised of Brazilians Pablo Schinke and José Ferreira on cello and...
Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: July/2019
