Reviews
A Assembleia Extraordinária
Rock gaúcho, rock from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, always had a penchant for the music of the British invasion....
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: February/March/2025
Suenan Las Trompetas
Self-described ‘artist, musician, writer, explorer of himself and transcendence,’ Ricardo Jacob is a producer, composer and veteran of the progressive...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2025
Héritage
A decade on from Songhoy Blues’ explosive debut Music in Exile, it’s probably time to stop calling the band from...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: February/March/2025
Sensible or Otherwise
Widely regarded as one of the UK’s finest flatpicking guitarists, Charlotte Carrivick offers up a dozen tasty instrumental tracks on...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2025
Amen Amwin
Promoted as an ‘exceptional collective of musicians electrifying the Indian Ocean,’ AyoZaad are dominated by the electronica of Italian-Australian DJ...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: January/2025
Highlife
In his previous work, Ghanaian trumpeter Peter Somuah has brought flavours of highlife into the idiom of contemporary jazz. With...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2025
Gbεfalɔi (Travellers)
Accra Quartet are a trio of Ghanaian players joined by an American, although the latter spends most of his musical...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/2025
Bu Bir Demdir
Alevi-German singer Aylin Yıldırım and her band of Augsburg-based musicians on saz, guitar, drums, bass and keys perform a selection...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: January/2025
Guepa Je!
Radio Martiko’s compilation of Lucho Bermúdez’ cumbia from the 50s and 60s was a highlight of 2022. This latest illuminates...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2025
