Reviews
Altiplano
The Altiplano Andino (Andean High Plain) is talismanic in the countries that are its main home: Bolivia and Peru. Those...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2019
The Rough Guide to World Jazz
For a long time, the Rough Guide series was indispensable for world music fans. Within one CD, they would take...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2019
Roots to Rise (Live)
Caught live in the hallowed acoustics of Michigan's fabled The Ark in Ann Arbor, this album by Celtgrass pioneers We...
Reviewed by Michrel Quinn in issue: December/2019
The Gambia Sessions
Gambian singer and percussionist Musa Mboob leads a core quartet of UK players augmented by another four guests, who collectively...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2019
HaitaNola
Haitian roots revival outfit Lakou Mizik prompted double takes with their 2016 debut album Wa Di Do, a work that...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2019
The Reckoning
Topic's series of reissues from its back catalogue in celebration of its 80th year continues to impress with this deluxe...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2019
Sonocardiogram
Fronting big bands by 14, Cuban singer Daymé Arocena is now 27 and releasing her fourth album for Brownswood Recordings,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2019
Iram
Appropriately enough this disc begins with the gently rippling sound of the cimbalom before taking of into the catchy opening...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2019
