Reviews
Maloya Malbar
Is La Réunion the new Cuba? Just as the music of the latter pulsed ubiquitously through the late 90s and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2023
En Casa Limón
Although a long time resident of the US, David Broza’s background is from the UK, Spain and Israel, where he...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: October/2020
Live in Detroit 1986
This is a recording of Fela Anikulapo Kuti performing with Egypt 80 at Detroit’s Fox Theatre in 1986. He’d just...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2012
Kekete Bue
One of the first Congolese artists to come to Europe and popularise the commercial soukous sound at the beginning of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2022
The Prester John Sessions
A musician on a mission, Thomas T Gobena, aka Tommy T, summons the spirit of legendary Christian king Prester John...
Reviewed by Lucy Wilson in issue: March/2010
Smallworld
Dallahan reach their half-decade with album number three, Smallworld. It's a cleverly knowing title for a quintet of roving Irish,...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2019
Goddess Polka Dottess
This is the fifth album by a sprawling New York collective, who are not a million styles away from the...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Encores
How the mighty fall. Charles Aznavour is one of the last remaining French icons from an era where only the...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: October/2015
The Rough Guide to Bhangra
Bhangra is the dance music rooted in the distinctive loping rhythm of the dhol drum, which sprung from Birmingham's Punjabi...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Take It
Bristol reggae band Black Roots have offered a powerful social commentary for 40 years – spreading a message of love,...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: December/2018
