Reviews
Rumba Classic
Rumba Classic is a respectful and enjoyable collection of vintage rumbas performed by London-based Congolese musicians under the leadership of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2019
Ked’ Vojačik Narukoval
I love the design of this album. With its distressed sleeve and retro typography, it looks like something I might...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2019
A Universe That Roasts Blossoms for a Horse
The first track on Širom's A Universe that Roasts Blossoms for a Horse sounds like an intro to an adventurous...
Reviewed by Agnieszka Ujma in issue: November/2019
Even the Sparrow
Kelly Hunt possesses an exceptionally lithe and expressive voice, which sounds like a delicate songbird imbued with the mojo of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2019
Assiniboine & the Red
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
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
Digital Kabar
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
Sara Correia
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
Put on Your Best Dress: Sonia Pottinger Ska & Rock Steady 1966-1967
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
Respeitosa Mente
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
