Reviews
The Rough Guide to Urban Mali
This is the music you hear all around the Malian capital, Bamako: in shops, in taxis, in trendy bars, in...
Reviewed by Bram Posthumus in issue: December/2020
Blue
On your first listen to this album, you’ll be immediately struck by its ‘crossover’ nature – the fusion of baroque...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: December/2020
Akalaka/The Power
Victor Chukwu/Uncle Victor Chuks
This release marks the reissue of two LPs from the comparatively little-known Nigerian highlife musician Victor Chukwu. They originate from...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2020
Escape Plan
Since first hearing Thornato’s edits of dancehall and Afro-Colombian folk music in the early 2010s, it’s remarkable how his MO...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2020
Hireth
A few accordion notes conjure the scene. Noir. Tanya Brittain makes her entrance: a wronged woman, bent on revenge. ‘Don’t...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2020
Bombyx Mori
This is an extremely elegant and accomplished record. But that should come as no surprise as it features three extremely...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2020
Mucho Gusto
Acid Coco are a Colombian duo whose careers have led them to the US, Europe and beyond. Before the formation...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2020
La Locura de Machuca 1975-1980
Discos Machuca was a seminal Afro-cumbia label in late 70s Colombia. Founded by a tax lawyer who reinvented himself as...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2020
In the Wake of Memories
A Syrian refugee, an international aid worker and a philosopher walk into a recording studio… When three musicians from very...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: December/2020
