Reviews
Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium
A robust and diverse collection of Black roots music in America, this intentionally titled ‘compendium’ of sorts houses an impressive...
Reviewed by Marie Bashiru in issue: June/2023
¡Así es… Con salsa
Alfredo Gutierrez y Los Caporales del Magdalena
One of the things that puts non-addicts off salsa is the repetition, the predictability, the trance-inducing level tone. For dancers,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2023
Playscapes
There is so much to love about Playscapes. Bartosik has always had a capacity to surprise and delight through exploring...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2023
Taraf Syriana
The four-piece Taraf Syriana is made up of virtuoso musicians from Syria, Lebanon, Moldova and Switzerland, now based in Montréal....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2023
Metamorphosis
Crossover albums don't often get one's pulse racing, and only two tracks on this album from the Japanese American koto...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: May/2023
The Sound of the Soul
Debashish Bhattacharya is one of the world's great musical innovators. He's a composer and virtuoso guitarist, who transformed the Indian...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2023
Tropikadelic
Ireke (meaning ‘Sugar Cane’ in Yoruba) are a French duo with musical bona fides and a range of friends to...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2023
