Reviews
Zanzibara 7: Sikinde vs Ndekule
This fine addition to the confusingly titled Zanzibara series focuses on two of the leading bands from the astonishingly fertile...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Elementuak
After touring as guest performers on Madonna's 2012 MDNA tour, Basque trio Kalakan sat down to re-centre themselves and record...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2015
Protegid
Carmen Souza may share a Creole tongue with her Cape Verdean-rooted contemporaries, but that's where the comparisons end. Her voice...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2010
Cigarros Explosivos!
Switzerland is a land in which little of musical interest ever seems to happen. But Jaro Milko grew up there,...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2014
We Have Come to Testify
An important historical and political documentary album, this recording and the accompanying illustrative book are an intertwining of translated spoken-word...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Rahawan
Born in Nazareth and resident in Haifa where she practises as an architect, the 30-year-old Zaatry is also a singer-songwriter...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022
La Ruta de la Pantera
Having borrowed their album's title (‘The Way of the Panther’) from a Marvel comic, and previously reinvented Henry Mancini's Pink...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2015
Rough Guide to Bellydance
Finger cymbals? Check. Hip scarves, fan veil, belly button jewel? Check. The second edition of the Rough Guide to Bellydance...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011
Chicago Barn Dance
It's safe to say that every country music fan has heard of the Grand Ole Opry. What few people know...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2020
