Reviews
Rey de Mi Folclor Vallenato y Cumbia Colombiana
Ever since Carlos Vives turned to the style in the early 90s, vallenato reinstated itself as one of Colombia's most-cherished...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2020
Miss Colombia
Lido Pimienta calls her third album ‘a cynical love letter’ to her home country and the Colombian people. Based in...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2020
Mirador
The English-language tracks of this album are fine, and will be thoroughly enjoyed by any fans of Po'Girl or First...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2020
Live in Lesotho
In December 1980 the African businessman Victor Maloi arranged a concert for Masekela and Miriam Makeba in Lesotho, a country...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
God is a Drummer
‘Without the drummer, nothing will move. And without movement, the world will stop,’ says Trilok Gurtu, explaining the title of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
Mielo
Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström
It's hard to get beyond the first track ‘Erämorsian’ (Wildwood Bride). I play it again and again, caught up in...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2020
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Through That Sound (My Secret Was Made Known)
A seagull's head on dancer's legs – not at all disturbing or Hieronymous Bosch-like – is artist Kirsty Whiten's cover...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2020
Nemo
Kadialy Kouyate is a Longtime London-based kora player. A maestro of the West African 21-string harp-Lute, he is also a...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020
Say It
You can imagine a film to go with this album: vast, sweeping landscapes, travellers in the mist, and among these...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2020
