Reviews
Air Iomall
This is the kind of album that leaves you wanting to hear the whole CD again immediately without having to...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: October/2019
Dytomite Starlite Band of Ghana
Dytomite Starlite Band of Ghana
Although the identities of the musicians playing on this album are a complete mystery (such is the joy of old...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: October/2019
Beating Heart Tanzania (Originals)
This endearing collection of field recordings is sourced from English ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey's remarkable catalogue of South and Central African...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
What Makes You
Indie folk champions Elephant Sessions return with their second album, and a cracker it is too. Winners of Live Act...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Wasalala
Translating as ‘She Glows’, the title-track of Madalitso Band's second album recounts the hardships of an orphaned girl who grows...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Meanders
A Labrador, catching the scent of rabbits in the bushes, sniffs about. ‘Polly in the Wood’, one of several lovely...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Tango Ladeado
Janne Rättyä & Patrick Demenga
Finland's tango, while a spin-off of the Argentinian/Parisian original and almost as old, is a separate tradition altogether. Its cool,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
¡Salsa! Mi Hermana
When this album was released in 1968, salsa was the soundtrack of a new Latin consciousness. If New York was...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
