The Small Glories – grizzle-voiced Canadian folk-roots scene veteran JD Edwards and ex-Wailin' Jennys' Cara Luft – return to familiar...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2019
Across the Field has an appealingly ramshackle, rough-edged, home-made quality across its seven tracks. There is a refreshingly quirky and...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2019
Since the 1990s, maloya – the quasi-religious, deeply political Creole music of La Réunion that was famously banned by the...
Reviewed by Tim Clarke-Romain in issue: November/2019
Occasionally, a new voice reminds us that traditional fado is still very much alive and proves that the pop or...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2019
Showcasing the work of Jamaican producer Sonia Pottinger, Put on Your Best Dress is packed with rocksteady and its musical...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: November/2019
Although there is no obvious trace of Lebanese oud player Rabih Abou-Khalil in Respeitosa Mente, it is hard to imagine...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2019
Touareg guitar music takes many forms; there is the incandescent psychedelia of Bombino and Mdou Moctar, the nimble blues-rock of...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: November/2019
Faith Mussa comes from a strong musical background. Growing up in Blantyre, Malawi, he started performing with The Mussa Family...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2019
Early Congo Music 1946-1962 has been compiled and annotated by Japanese collector Yoshiki Fukasawa. His unusual sub-title comes from the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2019
It's no wonder that Katia Guerreiro, looking for a new direction in her career, chose to work with José Mário...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2019
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