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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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