Reviews
African Voices
The art of a good compilation is to take the listener seamlessly from track to track even when there appears...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2012
Meeting of Hearts
Based on the cover alone, you might assume that Meeting of Hearts was something to do with a Jewish self-help...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Para la Espera
A folk superstar in Latin America, Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez I embodies a fast-ageing fantasy of left-leaning pan-continental unity spearheaded...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2020
Songs of Hard Times: Up, Over and Through
Smart work from the good folk who run the Alan Lomax Archives – from a catalogue of sound recordings spanning...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
La Estrella
Argentina's Chancha Vía Circuito transitioned from being a pioneer of digital cumbia in all its raw, urban, bone-shaking glory to...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2022
Divinities of the Earth and the Waters
Impish laughter, ethereal percussion and a lone flute open this pan-Slavic album, described – unusually – as the narrative to...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2018
Trouble Fête
A collaboration between Belgian/African rapper Badi and producer Boddhi Satva, this politically charged record is for the disenchanted optimist. Composed...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/2021
The Wolf and the Lamb: Live at the Shakh
Recorded live in the Shakh Synagogue in Holešov, Czech Republic, The Wolf and the Lamb is a klezmer album that...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/September/2023
