Reviews
Migrants
Lúcio is a seminal character in Cape Verdean culture, a singer, composer, poet, novelist, playwright, painter and politician who spent...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023
Nara
Senem Diyici has a long career making music, having started recording her songs in 1969, before going on to develop...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: April/2023
Bomoko
This is the second recording from the London-based Congolese/Latin outfit who have been delighting audiences with their lively performances. Grupo...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2023
Try Paradise
It's hard to tell who or what the wellspring of this album is, and, I might be wrong, but on...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2023
Voyageur
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté | Ali Farka Touré
A new album of nine unheard studio cuts from the Malian legend comes 17 years after his death, but slip...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2023
Cormorant
Accordionist Nat Brookes lives on a narrowboat, so has watched many a cormorant and noticed that there's no knowing, when...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2023
Saat Arahman
Mor Karbasi was born to a family of Moroccan, Sephardic and Iranian roots. And her musical career has been an...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2023
PH(R)ASE
Archie Churchill-Moss started playing the diatonic button accordion when he was nine, two decades ago. He is a virtuoso, in...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2023
É o Que a Casa Oferece
Having relocated to Los Angeles in 2010, Brazilian musician Gabriel da Rosa turned into a DJ that introduced his country's...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2023
