Reviews
Jami
This album is a double dedication, firstly to the 15th-century Sufi poetry of Jami, and secondly to the qawwali master...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2024
9 Deadly Sins For Tamada
One could hardly accuse Georgian singer-songwriter Tamada of lacking in ambition on this, his second album, which he organises around...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: November/2024
reEncanto
Andrade’s last record, Manga (2019), was a deep dive into the contemporary African pop music scene. reEncanto, a live acoustic...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2024
Goldenwings
In #197, I reviewed a reissue of Opa’s abortive first album. With Airto Moreira, the Uruguayan Fattoruso brothers re-recorded for...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024
Sabor Sureño
No qualms about this. Craft’s latest Fania reissue is a certifiable classic – or as near as damn it. The...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024
Terceiro Mundo
The opening sound bite of Terceiro Mundo, ‘EntreMundos’, refers back to the São Paulo group’s 2017 second album of the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024
Betwixt & Between 11
Bridget & Kitty/Resonant Bodies
Betwixt & Between Tapes is a quirky, niche proposition: an occasional series of cassette tape EPs featuring traditional, improvised and...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2024
Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head)
Becoming leader of Egypt 80, his legendary father Fela’s band, at the tender age of 14, Seun Kuti has always...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: November/2024
The King of History
Daniel Misiani came to the attention of non-Kenyans in the late 80s with two albums released in the UK that...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2010
La Belle Etoile
Bands with numerous members have a certain attraction, often making you wish you were part of their line-up: The Pogues...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2010
