Reviews
Hot Pot Totto
WaqWaq Kingdom’s album Hot Pot Totto is a joyous and defiant response to ecological anxiety. The album is a brew...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: November/2023
Dimanche à Bamako
If that title sounds familiar, it probably is: this album shares its name with Amadou & Mariam’s 2005 masterwork –...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/February/2024
Jang Fa Jang Kano
Gambian kora player Jaliba Kuyateh was taught the instrument by his father and, according to his biography, if the young...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: January/February/2024
Le Sato 2
Latest in Acid Jazz’s reissue programme from the legendary Benin record label Albarika Store, this newly revived vintage gem was...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2024
Desde Espana… La Columna de Fuego
Why it’s taken so long for this gem of an album to be reissued is one of those mysteries that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater Johnson in issue: January/February/2024
The Orchestra in the Sky
Hochzeitskapelle & Japanese Friends
Hochzeitskapelle are a German instrumental quintet comprised of musicians from the Munich Jazz scene, who have garnered a reputation for...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: January/February/2024
Siparia to Soweto
Hugh Masekela & Siparia Deltones
Hugh Masekela first heard the Trinidadian steel pan orchestra the Siparia Deltones when they were opening act at the inaugural...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024
Black Attack
40 years since Mutabaruka’s first studio album, and 14 years since his last, this new release from the Jamaican dub...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: January/February/2024
El Clan Antillano
A lurid cover, featuring decor worthy of a dream sequence from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, is not the only distinguishing...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2024
Los Ombligos
A surprising yet pleasurable departure from La Muchacha’s usual singer-guitarist soloist style, Los Ombligos is the new musical undertaking from...
Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: March/2024
