Reviews
Ama Gogela
This scintillating album from Durban trio Phelimuncasi is named after a South African bee famed for its power and brutal...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2022
The American Clavé Recordings
Astor Piazzolla took tango out of the ballroom and out of Argentina. Producer and label founder Kip Hanrahan’s mid-1980s recordings...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2022
Mi Herencia
New York City has been tapping into Colombian music fever for several years now, what with festivals such as Encuentro...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2022
Up the Hill and Through the Fog
The COVID-19 pandemic exacted a particularly tough toll on The Slocan Ramblers. Bandmates Adrian Gross (mandolin) and Darryl Poulsen (guitar,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2022
Babdoukkala
Born in Sydney, Australia to a Moroccan father and an Australian-Polish mother, multi-instrumentalist Julian Belbachir is a talented percussionist, ngoni...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2022
Chardi Kala
This is a great life-affirming disc from Sonny Singh, also known for his vocals and amazing trumpet playing in the...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2022
You Are Free
Perhaps best known as one third of the mighty Talisk, Graeme Armstrong’s debut solo album presents the singer-songwriter as a...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2022
Ready for the Times
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow
Last year, rootsy singer-guitarist Williams (US-born but now resident in the UK) teamed up with violinist Catlow (known for his...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2022
Causeway Recordings
Endowed with an endearingly streetwise Scottish brogue; sharply honed clawhammer banjo, guitar and harmonica chops; and a flair for equally...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2022
